verruca

verruca /ver·ru·ca/ (vĕ-roo´kah) pl. verru´cae   [L.]

1. a common wart; a lobulated hyperplastic epidermal lesion with a horny surface, caused by a human papillomavirus, transmitted by contact or autoinoculation, and usually occurring on the dorsa of the hands and fingers.

2. any of various nonviral, wartlike epidermal proliferations.

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verruca pla´na  flat wart.

verruca vulga´ris  verruca (1).

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ver·ru·ca (v-rk)

n. pl. ver·ru·cae (-k)

See wart.

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verruca

[vəro̅o̅′kə] pl. verrucae

Etymology: L, wart

a benign viral warty skin lesion with a rough papillomatous surface. It is caused by a common contagious papovavirus. Methods of treatment include salicylic acid, cantharidin, electrodesiccation, currette excision, laser excision, and liquid nitrogen. Also called verruca vulgaris, wart. verrucose, verrucous, adj.

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verruca [vĕ-roo´kah] (L.)

1. wart.

2. one of the wartlike elevations on the endocardium in various types of endocarditis. adj., adj ver´rucose, verru´cous.

verruca pla´na a small, smooth, usually skin-colored or light brown, slightly raised wart sometimes occurring in great numbers; seen most often in children.

verruca planta´ris plantar wart.

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verruca (vroo´k),

n a benign, viral, warty skin lesion with a rough, papillomatous surface. It is caused by a common contagious papovavirus.

verruca senilis

n See keratosis, seborrheic.

verruca vulgaris,

n (wart), a common wart of the skin or mucosa.

Verruca vulgaris.

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verruca

pl. verrucae [L.]

1. a wart. See also papilloma, fibropapilloma.

2. one of the wart-like elevations on the endocardium in various types of endocarditis.

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verruca plana

flat warts.

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verruca

1 Condyloma, see there 2 Verruca vulgaris, see there 3 Wart, see there