papilloma
Americannoun
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papillomata,
plural
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papillomas
plural
noun
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Origin of papilloma
From New Latin, dating back to 1865–70; see origin at papilla, -oma
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The virus has some significant structural differences from known oncogenic viruses such as human papilloma virus, which is linked to cervical cancer, and hepatitis B and C, which are associated with liver cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
In the third quarter, Merck saw Keytruda revenue jump 22% to $4.5 billion, while sales of Gardasil vaccines against cancer-causing human papilloma virus infections soared 68% to nearly $2 billion.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Aubrea Valencia, 29, a hair stylist, listened carefully as Ms. Bautista explained the reasons for the human papilloma virus and meningitis vaccines.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
The human papilloma virus vaccine was tested in 30,000 people.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2020
His affection was not elephantiasis, but a complication of congenital hypertrophy of certain bones and pachydermatocele and papilloma of the skin.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
In some cases, mothers with genital warts can pass the virus during childbirth, resulting in the development of papillomas in the child’s respiratory tract, particularly the larynx.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2019
Large, flat papillomas or warts may be single or multiple; they are of slow growth, and as they may also become the starting-point of epithelioma, they should be removed.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In the papillomas of the skin—commonly known as warts—the covering consists of epidermis; in those growing from mucous surfaces it consists of the epithelium covering the mucous membrane.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
If a chronic endocarditis has followed an acute condition, some slight permanent papillomas or warty growths may he left from the healed granulating or ulcerated surfaces.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
Although papillomas are primarily innocent, they may become the starting-point of cancer, especially in persons past middle life and if the papilloma has been subjected to irritation and has ulcerated.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
These primary growths include primary papillomata and fibromata as the most frequent, aberrant thyroid, lipomata, adenomata, granulomata and amyloid tumors.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Multiple papillomata involve no danger to life other than that of easily obviated asphyxia, and it is moreover a benign self-limited disease that repullulates on the surface.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
The papillomata are removed like coring an apple; though the rounded edge of the bronchoscope does not even scratch the tracheal mucosa.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Fifty-six of these were done for cancer, and the remainder for sarcomata, papillomata, etc.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
Extension of papillomata from the larynx into the cervical trachea, especially about the tracheotomy wound, is of relatively common occurrence.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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