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Caused by a virus
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verruca
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Verruca \Ver*ru"ca\, n.; pl. Verruc[ae] . [L. Cf. Verrugas .] (Med.) A wart. (Zo["o]l.) A wartlike elevation or roughness.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context pathology English) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a (vern: human papilloma virus). 2 (context mycology English) A rounded projection or wart. 3 (cx botany English) A sexine element similar to a wart
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ However, if they have a verruca they should wear their black pumps. ▪ No, me and my verruca are together for life.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Latin verruca "a wart," also "a fault, failing" (see vary ). Related: Verrucose .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus [syn: wart ] [also: verrucae (pl)]
Usage examples of verruca.
Adolf Hitler enters first, he is limping slightly, due to chilblains acquired on the long voyage, allied to his verrucas and athlete's foot.
Normally there'd have been six big ones holding a squad apiece, plus a pair of little bell tents with Slats in one and the other for Froggie and Verruca together.
I mean, tooth fairies, yes, and them little buggers that live in flowers, used to collect 'em myself as a lad, but can't recall anything about verrucas.
Amina had lost her guilt‑fog, her verrucas seemed not to be playing up any more.
In her fourth month she was already an old woman, lined and thick, plagued by verrucas once again, with the inevitability of hair sprouting all over her face.