senile wart

Senile warts on a human back

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • 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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