VERRUCA (verrucae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: verrucae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does verruca mean? 

• VERRUCA (noun)
  The noun VERRUCA has 1 sense:

1. (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

  Familiarity information: VERRUCA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERRUCA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

verruca; wart

Hypernyms ("verruca" is a kind of...):

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))

keratosis (a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin)

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "verruca"):

common wart (a benign growth (often with a rough surface))

condyloma acuminatum; genital wart; venereal wart; verruca acuminata (a small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus)

juvenile wart (a small benign growth on the faces of hands of children)

plantar wart (a wart occurring on the sole of the foot)