Warts Glossary of Terms

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Antibiotic: A drug used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other microorganisms. ...

Biopsy: The removal of a sample of tissue for examination under a microscope to check for ...

Bumps: The raised area of a bump or bruise results from blood leaking from these injured b...

Cancer: An abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled way and, ...

Carcinoma: Cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover body organs. Ex...

Cell: The basic structural and functional unit of any living thing. Each cell is a small c...

Cryotherapy: Literally, "cold therapy." Cryotherapy, sometimes referred to as cryosurgery,...

Diagnosis: 1 The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness. 2 A ...

Duct: A walled passageway, such as a lymph duct, that carries fluid from one place to anot...

Emergency department: The department of a hospital responsible for the provision of medica...

Extremity: An uttermost part of the body, such as a hand or a foot.

Fever: Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degr...

Fingernail: A fingernail is produced by living skin cells in the finger. A fingernail cons...

Genital: Pertaining to the external and/or internal organs of reproduction.

Heart: The muscle that pumps blood received from veins into arteries throughout the body. ...

HPV: Human papillomavirus.

Human papillomavirus: HPV. A family of over 100 viruses including those which cause warts ...

Hyperplasia: An increase in the number of normal cells in a tissue or an organ. Hyperplasi...

Hypnosis: A part of healing from ancient times. The induction of trance states and the use...

Immune: Protected against infection, usually by the presence of antibodies.

Immune system: A complex system that is responsible for distinguishing a person from every...

Infection: The invasion and multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, an...

Injure: To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emotional sense. Fr...

Injury: Harm or hurt. To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emot...

Laboratory: A place for doing tests and research procedures, and for preparing chemicals a...

Laser: A powerful beam of light that is used in some types of surgery to cut or destroy ti...

Liquid nitrogen: Nitrogen in a liquid state. Liquid nitrogen is supercool -- about 200 deg...

Malignancy: A tumor that is malignant (cancerous), that can invade and destroy nearby tiss...

Metatarsal: One of the five cylindrical bones that extend from the heel to the toes.

Microscope: An optical instrument that augments the power of the eye to see small objects....

Mole: 1. In dermatology a mole is a pigmented spot on the skin, Also called a nevus...

Nail: In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used t...

Nitrogen: Element number 7, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is biologically impo...

Numb: Numb, or numbness is a loss of the sensation of feeling in an area of the body. Numb...

Ointment: An oil-based preparation that is applied to the skin. Whereas an ointment has an...

Pain: An unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony. Pa...

Pathologist: A physician who identifies diseases and conditions by studying abnormal cells...

Pharmacy: A location where prescription medications are sold. A pharmacy is constantly sup...

Plantar: Having to do with the sole of the foot.

Plantar warts: Warts that grow on the soles of the feet.

Prognosis: The forecast of the probable outcome or course of a disease; the patient's chan...

Punch biopsy: A biopsy that is performed by using a punch, an instrument for cutting and r...

Pus: A thick, whitish-yellow fluid that results from the accumulation of white blood cells...

Salicylic acid: A substance obtained from plants (white willow back and wintergreen leaves...

Scrape: An abrasion or cut caused by something rubbing roughly against the skin. To treat ...

Squamous cell carcinoma: Cancer that begins in squamous cells -- thin, flat cells that loo...

Surgery: The branch of medicine that employs operations in the treatment of disease or inj...

Therapy: The treatment of disease. Therapy is synonymous with treatment.

Virus: A microorganism that is smaller than a bacterium that cannot grow or reproduce apar...

Viruses: Small living particles that can infect cells and change how the cells function. I...

Wart: A local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. Th...