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adj. - (of skin) covered with skin lesions or projections that resemble a particular skin lesion.

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Usage examples (9)
  • Franny has blistering, wartlike pustules covering her face—
  • Signs: Great, ulcerous, wartlike, blood-filled blisters that grew rapidly over the body.
  • Its feet were short, thickened tentacles, with wartlike excrescences that evidently served for traction.
  • The giant sequoias were the best; they had the thickest branches, although the wartlike bulges called burls on the coastal redwoods were good landing places, too.
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