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Cadaver wart: A warty growth on the hand due to tuberculosis, typically of someone doing postmortem examinations. A cadaver with unsuspected tuberculosis was once a major hazard for pathologists and others in the autopsy room. Cadaver warts were among the least of the dangers.
A cadaver wart is known by a number of other names including anatomical tubercle, anatomical wart, dissection tubercle, necrogenic wart, postmortem tubercle, prosector's tubercle, prosector's wart, tuberculosis cutis verrucosa and verruca necrogenica.
No, the term cadaver wart does not refer to an actual wart (a raised lesion on the skin caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection ). Rather, cadaver wart is a ...
Cadaver wart: A warty growth on the hand due to tuberculosis, typically of someone doing postmortem examinations. A cadaver with unsuspected tuberculosis was once a major ...
Cadaver wart - Meaning and definition ... Look up: Cadaver wart . Cadaver wart Cadaver wart: A warty growth on the hand due to tuberculosis, typically of someone doing ...
Cadaver wart: A warty growth on the hand due to tuberculosis, typically of someone doing postmortem examinations. A cadaver with unsuspected tuberculosis was once a major ...
One who dissects cadavers for anatomical instruction or pathological ... p.'s wart — infection of the skin of humans by Mycobacterium tuberculosis picked up while ...