verruca /ver·ru·ca/ (vĕ-roo´kah) pl. verru´cae [L.]
verruca vulgaris.
verruca (v
roo´k),
verruca vulgaris
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).
verruca vulgaris.
See verruca.
verruca (v
roo´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.
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Verruca vulgaris.
verruca vulgaris
Wart Dermatology A benign skin tumor induced by HPV and histologically characterized by hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, acanthosis. See Human papillomavirus, Wart.
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