Taber's Medical Dictionary
papillomavirus
(pap″ĭ-lō′mă-vī″rŭs )
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Any of a group of viruses that cause papillomas (warts) in humans and animals. They belong to the papovavirus family or group.
SEE: genital wart
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Papillomavirus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729816/1/papillomavirus.
Papillomavirus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729816/1/papillomavirus. Accessed April 24, 2025.
Papillomavirus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729816/1/papillomavirus
Papillomavirus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 24]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729816/1/papillomavirus.
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