Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Verrugas \Ver*ru"gas\, n. [Sp., warts. Cf. {Verruca}.] (Med.)
   An endemic disease occurring in the Andes in Peru,
   characterized by warty tumors which ulcerate and bleed. It is
   probably due to a special bacillus, and is often fatal.