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verrucae

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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.

verrucae
Plural of verruca, see there


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Freezing's a solution Q My seven-year-old son has nasty verrucae on his feet and we just can't seem to get rid of them.
Spores trilete, triangular to globose in polar view, the proximal face convex on the equatorial view and hemispheric on the distal face; equatorial diameter 29-41 [micro]m and the polar diameter 31-40 [micro]m; laesurae 14-22 [micro]m long and reach the equator; perispore ridged with partially fused ridges forming an incomplete reticulum and scattered verrucae distally, proximal face microreticulate with scattered verrucae.
The thought of it brings the risk of foot diseases, warts and verrucae to my mind.
 
 
 
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