Meaning
wart, verruca
- wart, verruca, contagious small skin lesion
In a sentence
Il dermatologo ha rimosso la verruca con l'azoto liquido.
The dermatologist removed the wart with liquid nitrogen.
Ha preso una verruca plantare camminando a piedi nudi in piscina.
He caught a plantar wart walking barefoot at the pool.
Quella pomata non è stata sufficiente a eliminare la verruca.
That ointment was not enough to eliminate the wart.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| verruca | feminine · singular |
| verruche | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- The plural changes '-ca' to '-che' ('verruche') to preserve the /k/ sound.
- Refers to both common warts on hands and plantar warts on feet.