Category: V

  • Verruca gyri hippocampii

    One of the small wart-like protuberances on the convex surface of the gyrus hippocampi.  

  • Verruca filiformis

    A small threadlike growth on the neck and eyelids covered with smooth and apparently normal epidermis.  

  • Verruca digitata

    A form of verruca seen on the face and scalp, possibly serving as a starting point of cutaneous horns. Several filiform projections with horny caps are formed, closely grouped on a comparatively narrow base that in turn may be separated from the skin surface by a slightly contracted neck.  

  • Verruca acuminata

    A pointed, reddish, moist wart about the genitals and the anus. It develops near mucocutaneous junctures, forming pointed, tufted, or pedunculated pinkish or purplish projections of varying lengths and consistency. Venereal warts should be treated with topically applied podophyllum resin. A growth resembling a wart, typically resulting from a venereal infection.  

  • Verometer

    A device that measures the ability of a lens to bend light rays into focus.  

  • Vernet’s syndrome

    Paralysis of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and spinal accessory nerves on the opposite side of a lesion involving the jugular foramen.  

  • Vermis cerebelli

    Median connecting lobe of the cerebellum.  

  • Vermin

    Animals such as mice, rats, roaches, lice, and bedbugs that despoil food, infest dwellings, or spread disease. A general term for parasites that live on animals.  

  • Vermilionectomy

    Surgical removal of the vermilion border of the lip.  

  • Vermifugal

    Expelling worms from the intestines.