ver·ru·ca

[vuh-roo-kuh, ve-]
noun, plural ver·ru·cae [-see] .
1.
Medicine/Medical. a wart.
2.
Zoology. a small, flattish, wartlike prominence.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin verrūca

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verruca (vɛˈruːkə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -cae, -cas
1.  pathol a wart, esp one growing on the hand or foot
2.  biology a wartlike outgrowth, as in certain plants or on the skin of some animals
 
[C16: from Latin: wart]

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Verruca is always a great word to know.
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the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle; the shinbone
of or pertaining to the throat or neck.
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verruca ver·ru·ca (və-r&oomacr;'kə)
n. pl. ver·ru·cae (-kē)
See wart.

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In here were the six toothbrushes of the residents and an egg-coloured carpet with a known verruca.
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