common wart

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Noun1.common wart - a benign growth (often with a rough surface)
verruca, wart - (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
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Pea sized lesions in the skin would include things like the common wart.
Dermatologists at the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock have discovered a new treatment for the common wart -- an easy-to-provide injection into the wart.
The VV, or common wart, is classically described as a white, firm, exophytic lesion with a stippled or papillary surface, and is found most commonly on the labial mucosa and vermilion border of the lips.
Common wart cures include the "curer" praying over the wart and promising the sufferer it will be gone within a year.
In humans, papillomaviruses cause a variety of diseases, the most prevalent of which is the common wart.
Signs and symptoms are genital warts, common warts, plantar warts and flat warts.
I'm surethis willbeoneof those common warts that is also causing annoyance for thousands of other people but keep an eye on it and seek further medical advice if you feel necessary.