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genital wart

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noun

Pathology.

  1. one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.

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Chester Foundation Trust Hospital and Birmingham Heartlands Hospital The NHS vaccine does not guard against the genital wart virus The NHS vaccinates teenage girls against cervical cancer with the Cervarix vaccine.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2011

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