genital wart
noun
: a wart on the skin or adjoining mucous membrane on or near the genital organs or the anus and caused by any of several human papillomaviruses
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said among teenage girls, HPV infections that cause most HPV cancers and genital warts have dropped 88%.
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Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
For example, genital warts can be managed by topical ointments, cryotherapy, or can be removed via surgery.
—Emilia Benton, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
However, high-risk strains can cause cancers, and low-risk strains can cause genital warts.
—Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed Rn-Bc, Verywell Health, 11 May 2023
Many women diagnosed with cervical cancer also had genital warts caused by HPV.
—Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
While some strains of HPV come and go without symptoms, some can cause cancer, while others can cause genital warts.
—Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed Rn-Bc, Verywell Health, 11 May 2023
But the low-risk strains can cause genital warts, while the high-risk strains can lead to cervical cancer, oral cancers, anal cancer, and rarer forms of genital cancers.
—Claire Lampen, Men's Health, 1 May 2023
Downregulation of Sonic Hedgehog signaling was found to promote genital warts.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
According to the Centers for Disease Control, since the HPV vaccine was introduced, the kinds of HPV infections that lead to cancer and genital warts have dropped by 86 percent among teen girls in the U.S.
—Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2020
Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
For example, genital warts can be managed by topical ointments, cryotherapy, or can be removed via surgery.
—Emilia Benton, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
However, high-risk strains can cause cancers, and low-risk strains can cause genital warts.
—Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed Rn-Bc, Verywell Health, 11 May 2023
Many women diagnosed with cervical cancer also had genital warts caused by HPV.
—Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
While some strains of HPV come and go without symptoms, some can cause cancer, while others can cause genital warts.
—Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed Rn-Bc, Verywell Health, 11 May 2023
But the low-risk strains can cause genital warts, while the high-risk strains can lead to cervical cancer, oral cancers, anal cancer, and rarer forms of genital cancers.
—Claire Lampen, Men's Health, 1 May 2023
Downregulation of Sonic Hedgehog signaling was found to promote genital warts.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
According to the Centers for Disease Control, since the HPV vaccine was introduced, the kinds of HPV infections that lead to cancer and genital warts have dropped by 86 percent among teen girls in the U.S.
—Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2020
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genital wart
noun
: a wart on the skin or adjoining mucous membrane usually on or near the genital organs or the anus and caused by the human papillomavirus
The "magic bullet" on the horizon is a vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus which not only causes genital warts but is the leading cause of cervical cancer.—Mary Jane Horton, Ms.
Mary Jane Horton, Ms.called also condyloma, condyloma acuminatum, venereal wart
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