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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Since the prior Gardasil 4 vaccine was introduced in 2006, infections of HPV strains that cause most cancers and genital warts have dropped 88% in teenage girls and 81% in young adult women, CDC said.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Vaccines have come a long way and several can prevent STIs, including HPV (a cause of genital warts and cervical cancer), mpox, and hepatitis A and B.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Vaccination also protects against genital warts as well as throat and penile cancer, said Lonna Gordon, a doctor of adolescent medicine at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
Warts that appear on the skin may respond to home treatments, but certain types of warts, such as genital warts and warts that appear on the mucous membranes, should be assessed by a healthcare professional.
—Lacey Muinos, Verywell Health, 3 May 2024
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Vaccines have come a long way and several can prevent STIs, including HPV (a cause of genital warts and cervical cancer), mpox, and hepatitis A and B.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Vaccination also protects against genital warts as well as throat and penile cancer, said Lonna Gordon, a doctor of adolescent medicine at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
Warts that appear on the skin may respond to home treatments, but certain types of warts, such as genital warts and warts that appear on the mucous membranes, should be assessed by a healthcare professional.
—Lacey Muinos, Verywell Health, 3 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for genital wart
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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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