venereal wart

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venereal wart

[və′nir·ē·əl ′wȯrt]

(medicine)

A warty growth of the penis, frequent in some parts of the world, and probably acquired during sexual intercourse.

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Genital warts (also called venereal warts or condylomata acuminata) are caused by human papillomavirus, a virus related to the virus that causes common skin warts.

An Introduction to Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Expecting to glaze over at his discussions of, say, Molluscum contagiosum or Condyloma acuminatum, we encounter Goldstone's quick assertion that the first is "not a shellfish" but rather a poxlike sexually transmitted virus (accompanied by a line drawing of bumps on a thigh); we find the second is the fancy name for venereal warts (illustrated by little bumps on the penis shaft).

The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex: A Medical Handbook for Men

Condylomata acuminata, or venereal warts, are papillomatous lesions located primarily in the anogenital region of the human body.