‖ condyloma Pathol.
(kɒndɪˈləʊmə)
In 7 -ome, 8 -om. Pl. -omata.
[a. L. condylōma, a. Gr. κονδύλωµα callous knob or lump, f. κόνδυλος: see condyle. (F. condylome, occ. in earlier Eng. use.)]
A conical or discoidal prominence of the skin, due to overgrowth of the papillæ of the affected part, and of the epidermis covering them; occurring near the external openings of the mucous passages, in the larynx, and occasionally elsewhere.
Condylomata called also ‘syphilitic warts’ and ‘mucous patches’ are known as ‘secondary symptoms’ of syphilis.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Condilome, a swelling or excrescent flesh in or about the fundament. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. i. 16 Condylomata, so called from their likeness to the Knuckles of a Man's fingers. 1708 Motteux Rabelais (1737) V. 218 Wens or Condyloms. 1783 F. Michaelis in Med. Commun. I. 326 The ulcers and condylomata in the fauces. 1872 Cohen Dis. Throat 114 These hypertrophied tonsils are sometimes the seat of condylomata. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 82 When about the orifice of a mucous passage as a condyloma. |