molluscum

[ muh-luhs-kuhm ]

noun

, Pathology.

, plural mol·lus·ca [m, uh, -, luhs, -k, uh].

1. any of various skin conditions characterized by soft, rounded tumors.

Other Words From

• mol·luscous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of molluscum¹

1805–15; < New Latin, Latin: fungus, noun use of neuter of molluscus soft; akin to mollis soft

Example Sentences

My grandson, 7, has had molluscum contagiosum for nine months, and it has spread.

From Seattle Times

It is to be differentiated from molluscum fibrosum, warts and acne.

From Project Gutenberg

The bruscum, or Knur is wonderfully fair, but the molluscum is counted most precious; both of them knobs and swellings out of the tree.

From Project Gutenberg

The fibrous overgrowths in the skin, known as keloid and molluscum fibrosum, and those met with in the sheaths of nerves, are described elsewhere.

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Below each scapula there were tumors of the nature of fibroma molluscum.

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