verruca
Medicine/Medical. a wart.
Zoology. a small, flattish, wartlike prominence.
Origin of verruca
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How to use verruca in a sentence
verruca, ve-rū′ka, n. a wart, a glandular elevation: one of the wart-like sessile apothecia of some lichens.
verruca (perhaps Dos Trento), near Trient, description of the fort of, iii.
The Letters of Cassiodorus | Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)verruca therefore means primarily a steep cliff, and only secondarily a wart.
The Letters of Cassiodorus | Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)Amongst the Verrucid they are known in its one genus, verruca.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinEx pede Herculem may often prove safe enough, but ex verruca Tullium is liable to mislead a hasty judge of his fellow-men.
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British Dictionary definitions for verruca
/ (vɛˈruːkə) /
pathol a wart, esp one growing on the hand or foot
biology a wartlike outgrowth, as in certain plants or on the skin of some animals
Origin of verruca
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