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verruca

noun — 3 senses

verruca

noun

UK /vəˈɹuːkə/

Etymology Borrowed from Latin verrūca. Doublet of wart.

1

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.

2

Biology, Mycology, Natural sciences A rounded projection or wart.

3

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences A sexine element similar to a wart.

Derived terms
verruca sock
Related terms
verruca plantaris

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.