In 7 -ome, 8 -om. Pl. -omata. Pathol. [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. trans. 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.
