Definition of papillomavirus in English:
papillomavirus
noun ˌpapɪˈləʊməˌvʌɪrəsˌpapəˈlōməˌvīrəs
Medicine Any of a group of DNA viruses that cause the formation of papillomas or warts.
Example sentencesExamples
- Nearly every woman who contracts cancer of the cervix is also infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV).
- Genital warts are caused by certain types of the human papillomavirus (HPV).
- Common, plantar, or flat warts are cutaneous manifestations of the human papillomavirus.
- Her Papanicolaou test revealed a lowgrade squamous intraepithelial lesion suggestive of human papillomavirus, with subsequent biopsy confirmation.
- All borderline or mildly dyskaryotic smear samples were tested for human papillomavirus.