Wart vs. Cyst

Wartnoun

(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Wartnoun

Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.

Wartnoun

Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.

Wartnoun

A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillæ, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.

Wartnoun

An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants.

Wartnoun

any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)

Wartnoun

(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

Wart

Warts are typically small, rough, hard growths that are similar in color to the rest of the skin. They typically do not result in other symptoms, except when on the bottom of the feet, where they may be painful.

Cystnoun

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

Cystnoun

(medicine) Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds).

Cystnoun

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

Cystnoun

One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algæ, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores.

Cystnoun

A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc.

Cystnoun

a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure

Cystnoun

a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

Cyst

A cyst is a closed sac, having a distinct envelope and division compared with the nearby tissue. Hence, it is a cluster of cells that have grouped together to form a sac (like the manner in which water molecules group together to form a bubble); however, the distinguishing aspect of a cyst is that the cells forming the of such a sac are distinctly abnormal (in both appearance and behaviour) when compared with all surrounding cells for that given location.