Verruca (definition)

(ve-roo'kah) (Latin. Verruca - wart)

A verruca is an epidermal tumor caused by a papilloma virus.

Verrucous describes a lesion with a warty surface.

(from the ILDS Committee on Nomenclature - R. Winkelmann, Chairman)

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