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verruca vulgaris

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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).

verruca vulgaris.
See verruca.

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 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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Some would do anything not to have to see a doctor for a wart cure and luckily majority of verruca vulgaris infections can be dealt with applying freely available anti wart remedies.
The warts found on your fingers, knees, elbows and even ankles are common warts or Verruca Vulgaris.
Occasionally, these benign tumors need to be separated from verruca vulgaris (wart), solar lentigo, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma, but separation is usually straightforward, relying on deeper levels cut into the block rather than on special studies.
 
 
 
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