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condyloma

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con·dy·lo·ma  (kndl-m)
n. pl. con·dy·lo·mas or con·dy·lo·ma·ta (-m-t)
A wartlike growth on the skin or mucous membrane, usually in the area of the anus or the external genital organs.

[Greek kondulma, from kondulos, knuckle.]

condy·loma·tous (-m-ts) adj.

condyloma [ˌkɒndɪˈləʊmə]
n pl -mas, -mata [-mətə]
(Medicine / Pathology) a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
[from New Latin, from Greek kondulōma, from kondulos condyle + -oma]
condylomatous  [ˌkɒndɪˈlɒmətəs -ˈləʊ-] adj


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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).
 
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