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verruca

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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.

verruca pla´na  flat wart.
verruca vulga´ris  verruca (1).

ver·ru·ca (v-rk)
n. pl. ver·ru·cae (-k)
See wart.

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.

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

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.

verruca plana
flat warts.

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


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