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- noun Plural form of
verruca .
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Examples
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HPV also causes genital warts, as well as conditions such as skin warts, verrucas and several other rarer cancers.
Doctors demand schoolgirls be vaccinated against genital warts 2011
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I've got verrucas on my tongue, and I grow mushrooms on my bum,
July 23rd, 2009 kl8n 2009
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After last month's special episode, about a nine-year-old girl called Charlotte who visited the clinic with extreme verrucas – her feet were covered in molluscs – and was found to need a bone marrow transplant, the Anthony Nolan Trust reported a 4,000% increase in enquiries.
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The episode of Embarrassing Bodies which concentrated on Charlotte Wilson's verrucas inspired John to seek them out – John chased their truck stops around Britain, finally getting a walk-in appointment with Dr Pixie when he'd just come off a night shift.
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Charlotte's storyThe case which turned the show into a national treasureIn the autumn of 2008, nine-year-old Charlotte Wilson's mother, Sofia, led her into Dr Christian's clinic, seeking help for her verrucas.
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Apart from having to walk everywhere, they are beset by fungi (champignon in French), verrucas, warts, corns, bunions, calluses, hammertoes and ingrown nails with the sort of frequency that borders on permanence.
Ugh! Too Many Toes! Note to New Yorkers: Please Cover Your Feet 2005
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The cup is called Venus 'basin, and its contents, says Ray, are of service _ad verrucas abigendas_; also it is named Barber's Brush, and Church Broom.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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✤ Warts are caused by a virus, and verrucas are just warts on the feet.
Life and style | guardian.co.uk Luisa Dillner 2010
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If sex with HIV is a crime, so is swimming with verrucas | Zoe Williams
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2010
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If sex with HIV is a crime, so is swimming with verrucas | Zoe Williams
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2010
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