Verruca

A wart by another name, a local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus.

The virus of warts (a human papillomavirus) is transmitted by contact.

The contact can be with a wart on someone else or one on oneself (autoinoculation).</P> Warts that occur on the hands or feet are called common warts.

A wart on the sole of the foot is a plantar wart.

Genital (venereal) warts are located on the genitals and are transmitted by sexual contact.</P> The word 'wart' is from Old English and far back as the 8th century referred to a wart.

The name 'verruca' is Latin for wart.

A common wart is a 'verruca vulgaris'.

A wart in medicine is also sometimes called by its Spanish name, 'verruga'.