verruca
verruca · verrucas · verrucae
A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virusA wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
/vəˈɹuːkə/
Meaning
3 sensesA wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
A rounded projection or wart.
A sexine element similar to a wart.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin verrūca. Doublet of wart.Borrowed from Latin verrūca. Doublet of wart.
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Forms
plural: verrucas / verrucaeSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus:wart
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedverruca plantaris
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.