Definitions for verruca

verruca ver·ru·ca

Spelling: [vuh-roo-kuh, ve-]
IPA: /vəˈru kə, vɛ-/

Verruca is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in verruca (acerruv).

Definitions for verruca

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a wart.
  2. Zoology. a small, flattish, wartlike prominence.

Origin of verruca

First recorded in 1555-65, verruca is from the Latin word verrūca

Examples for verruca

verruca therefore means primarily a steep cliff, and only secondarily a wart.

verruca, ve-rū′ka, n. a wart, a glandular elevation: one of the wart-like sessile apothecia of some lichens.

Many practitioners find nitrate of silver a serviceable remedy in cases of verruca.

verruca plantaris, or plantar wart, is observed on the sole of the foot; it may be single or multiple.

Amongst the Verrucid they are known in its one genus, verruca.

Those who favor the use of salicylic acid for the removal of verruca, usually apply a 60 per cent.

verruca obliterata in bucca dextra et alia in nasi dextro latere.

verruca (perhaps Dos Trento), near Trient, description of the fort of, iii.

Word Value for verruca
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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