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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
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)