[ noun ] a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass <noun.state>
Papilloma \Pap`il*lo"ma\, n.; pl. {Papillomata}. [NL. See {Papilla}, and {-Oma}.] (Med.) A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papill[ae] of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. --Quain.
At least 60 different varieties of the papilloma virus have been identified.
About one of every 100 women infected with any of the five cancer-causing papilloma viruses will go on to develop cancer, he said.