verruca (ver-ru'kah)

PL, verrucae. A benign hypertrophic growth of the skin that anatomically shows proliferation of the papillae and hypertrophy of the overlying epidermis, v. a cum in at a. See condyloma a cum in at a, under condyloma, v. digit at a. A term applied to warts in which the papillary hypertrophy is much greater and the lesions, instead of consisting of an agglutinated ma of papillae and epidermis, are a group of separated fingerlike projections arising from one base. v. flliformis. A threadlike wart, made up of one or a few hypertrophic papillae. v. necrogenica. A post-mortem wart, a form of lupus developing about the knuckles, as a result of inoculation with the tubercle bacillus from cadavers, y. peruana. Peruvian wart;in Carrion's ease; an endemic disease Peru. Itdisis characterized by fever, rheumatic pains, anemia and an eruption which develops into warty, bleeding tumors, v. plan a juvenal is. The usual flat abundant, small, smooth, glistening warts, which are seen especially about the face in children. v. plantar is. Warts on the soles of the feet; smooth and hard from pre ure, with a pitted surface, v. senilis. Keratosis senilis, v. vulgar is. The common wart with a base as broad as a pea and a rounded or slightly flattened top. Hyperkeratosis is marked as the wart becomes older. Hands and fingers, face and scalp are the most common situations for it. [Lat., verruca, a wart, a steep place.]