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‖ verruca|vɛˈruːkə|
Pl. verrucæ |vɛˈruːsiː|.
[L. verrūca wart, excrescence on precious stones. Cf. It. verruca, Prov. veruca.]
a. A wart.
b. Bot., Conch., Ent. A wart-like formation, growth, or prominence.
The pl. appears as veruce in Lanfranc's Cirurg. (E.E.T.S.) 296–7.
a.1565J. Hall Lanfrank's Cirurg. Table 41 Galen (rekening it with Veruca,..and other lyke affectes of the skinne,) teacheth how with a holowe quille to plucke it out. [1671Salmon Syn. Med. i. xlviii. 115 Verruca, a Wart, is a little tubercle on the Skin. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Verrucæ, Warts, a sort of Tubercula.] 1770Pennant Zool. IV. 85 On the chin [of the Noctule bat is] a little verruca. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 349 Verruca is a hard or soft, rounded, flat, or acuminated, circumscribed, papillary formation. a1883Fagge Princ. & Pract. Med. (1886) II. 718 Warts.—Verrucæ, papillomata.—These are small cutaneous tumours consisting in overgrowth of the papillæ of the cutis.
b.1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 118 The upper parts of all the areas [of Echinus pentagonus] are remarkably bare; but, about the rounded margin, the verrucæ..become frequent. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 273 Verruca, a small flattish wart-like prominence. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. i. 51 When sessile glands consist of cells containing solid secretions so that they form hardened spherical or other appendages upon the surface of the epidermis, they are termed verrucæ or warts. |