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Wart vs Keratolysis - What's the difference?

wart | keratolysis |

As nouns the difference between wart and keratolysis

is that wart is guard, ward while keratolysis is the removal of dead surface skin cells, used to treat various types of wart.

wart

English

(wikipedia wart)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
  • Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
  • (computing, programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
  • * 1998 , "Chris Ahlstrom", Hungarian notation'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.vc.language )
  • Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.
  • * 2002 , "Linonut", Computer Science'' (on newsgroup ''comp.os.linux.advocacy )
  • Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.

    Derived terms

    * genital wart * Peruvian wart * plantar wart * wall wart * warthog * warty * warts and all * warty toad

    See also

    * verruca ----

    keratolysis

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The removal of dead surface skin cells, used to treat various types of wart.
  • (pathology) The periodic exfoliation of the epidermis
  • Derived terms

    * keratolytic