Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

senile wart

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: se-nile wart
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Seborrheic keratosis.

Example Sentences

"The origin is a diagnostic point when the keratoma begins as a slightly elevated plaque, but it usually begins in the same way as the senile wart, as a slightly elevated papillomatous structure with a granular feel."
"The senile wart is, however, not limited to people of this class, though its appearance is much modified by the habits of the patient."
". Senile warts occur in both sexes but, as the name implies, they become more common with advancing years."
"Most warts are due to microorganisms, and are feebly autoinoculable and contagious. However senile warts are due to nutritional changes in the skin incident to old age, while veneral warts are caused by contact with a local irritating secration which may contain a causal germ."

Etymology

From the fact that the condition is more common with old age and the wart-like appearance of the growths. In spite of its name, the senile wart is not, in fact, a wart at all, but merely a growth that somewhat resembles a wart.

Inflected Forms

senile warts (plural)

Questions

What does senile wart mean?: Seborrheic keratosis.
Where does senile wart come from?: From the fact that the condition is more common with old age and the wart-like appearance of the growths. In spite of its name, the senile wart is not, in fact, a wart at all, but merely a growth that somewhat resembles a wart.

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