verrucous
Americanadjective
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Origin of verrucous
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It is about the size of a nut, with a brown verrucous outside; the edible part is white and tender, and the kernel black.
From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Ida Pfeiffer
Lactic acid, applied with one to ten or more parts of water is also of value in the sclerous and verrucous types.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
It was easy to see that the right lateral wall was covered to an extent of from three to four centimeters with thick masses of verrucous and fungiform excrescences.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various
Blastomycetic dermatitis is a rare disease beginning usually as a small papule or nodule, enlarging slowly, breaking down and developing into a verrucous or papillomatous-looking area, similar in appearance Blastomycetic dermatitis.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
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