Definitions
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- noun Any of a group of DNA viruses of the family Papillomavirus that can cause warts and certain types of cancer in mammals.
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- noun virology Any variety of
virus which causeswarts ; now specifically, a member of the genus Papillomavirus.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Shope and other scientists eventually tracked the cause to a virus called papillomavirus, which in humans causes cervical cancer.
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Many doctors are finding patients, especially women, are being diagnosed for oral cancer because of HPV, or the human papillomavirus, which is the main cause of cervical cancer.
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There was talk today about the human papillomavirus, which is responsible for the vast majority of cervical cancers.
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~ Quarter of US women infected with cervical cancer virus: study AFP -- "About a quarter of females in the United States aged 14 to 59 may have the sexually transmitted infection human papillomavirus, which is linked to cervical cancer, according to research published Tuesday."
Speedlinking 2/28/07 William Harryman 2007
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The human papillomavirus, which is transmitted through sexual contact, is extremely common, accounting for an estimated 500,000 cases of genital warts every year.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The human papillomavirus, which is transmitted through sexual contact, is extremely common, accounting for an estimated 500,000 cases of genital warts every year.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Most famously, some groups insisted that if adolescents were aware that they could inoculate themselves against the human papillomavirus, which is spread through sexual contact, they would be more likely to have early sexual relations.
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A recent survey by US health authorities suggests that about a quarter of American teenage girls have been vaccinated against HPV, the human papillomavirus, which is estimated to cause most cervical cancers.
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- cells that have turned cancerous or cells persistently infected with viruses such as papillomavirus that can cause skin cancer.
UQ News Online 2008
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Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, whose support has declined since Mr. Perry's entry, went after Mr. Perry over his executive order to inoculate girls against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer.
Perry's the Man in the Middle Jonathan Weisman 2011
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