verruca

Etymology

From Latin verrūca.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vəˈɹuːkə/, (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɛˈɹuːkə/
• Rhymes: -uːkə

Noun

verruca (plural verrucas or verrucae)

1. (pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
2. (mycology) A rounded projection or wart.
3. (botany) A sexine element similar to a wart.

Etymology

From Latin verruca.

Noun

verruca f (plural verruche)

1. (medicine) verruca

Anagrams

• curvare, curverà

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wers-, from *wer- (“highland, high”). Cognate with varus, varix, Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top”), Old Irish ferr (“best”), Old High German riso (“giant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /werˈruː.ka/, [wɛrˈruː.ka]

Noun

verrūca f (genitive verrūcae); first declension

1. a steep place, height
2. A wart on the human body.
3. An excrescence on precious stones.

References

• verruca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verruca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verruca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette