verruca

/vuh-roo-kuh, ve-/US // vəˈru kə, vɛ- //UK // (vɛˈruːkə) //

疣体,疣状物,疣状突起,溃疡

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural ver·ru·cae [vuh-roo-see, ve-]. /vəˈru si, vɛ-/.
- : Medicine/Medical. a wart.
- : Zoology. a small, flattish, wartlike prominence.

as inwart

Synonyms

Verruca, ve-rū′ka, n. a wart, a glandular elevation: one of the wart-like sessile apothecia of some lichens.
Verruca (perhaps Dos Trento), near Trient, description of the fort of, iii.
Verruca therefore means primarily a steep cliff, and only secondarily a wart.
Amongst the Verrucid they are known in its one genus, Verruca.
Ex pede Herculem may often prove safe enough, but ex verruca Tullium is liable to mislead a hasty judge of his fellow-men.