Definition of Verruca

1. Noun. (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus.

Exact synonyms: Wart
Generic synonyms: Blemish, Defect, Mar, Keratosis
Specialized synonyms: Common Wart, Condyloma Acuminatum, Genital Wart, Venereal Wart, Verruca Acuminata, Juvenile Wart, Plantar Wart
Category relationships: Pathology
Derivative terms: Warty

Definition of Verruca

1. n. A wart.

2. n. A wart.

Definition of Verruca

1. Noun. (pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a virus. ¹

2. Noun. (mycology) A rounded projection or wart. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Verruca

1. a wart [n -CAS or -CAE] - See also: wart

Medical Definition of Verruca

1. A flesh-coloured growth characterised by circumscribed hypertrophy of the papillae of the corium, with thickening of the malpighian, granular, and keratin layers of the epidermis, caused by human papilloma virus; also applied to epidermal verrucous tumours of nonviral aetiology. Synonym: verruga, wart. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Verruca

verplanckite
verprolin
verquere
verqueres
verquire
verquires
verrayment
verrel
verrels
verrey
verriculate
verrine
verrines
verriulate
verrry
verruca (current term)
verruca acuminata
verruca digitata
verruca filiformis
verruca glabra
verruca necrogenica
verruca peruana
verruca plana
verruca plana juvenilis
verruca plana senilis
verruca plantaris
verruca senilis
verruca simplex
verruca vulgaris

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