Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various skin diseases in which soft spherical tumors form on the face or the body.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, a term applied to certain soft cutaneous tumors of slow growth without constitutional symptoms.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine Any of various skin diseases marked by soft, pulpy nodules or tumors

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin, a kind of fungus, from neuter of molluscus, soft; see mollusk.]

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From Latin molluscum

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Examples

  • According to recent investigations, molluscum epitheliale is to be regarded as a hyperplasia of the rete, the growth probably beginning in the hair-follicles; the so-called molluscum bodies -- peculiar, rounded or ovoidal, sharply-defined, fatty-looking bodies found in microscopical examination of the growth -- are to be viewed as a form of epithelial degeneration.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886

  • It turned out that 5-year-old Amaya had a condition called molluscum contagiosum.

    Just News - Local News 2010

  • It turned out that 5-year-old Amaya had a condition called molluscum contagiosum.

    Just News - Local News 2010

  • It turned out that 5-year-old Amaya had a condition called molluscum contagiosum.

    Just News - Local News 2010

  • Only this morning I was musing (quietly to myself, as you do) that molluscum contagiosum* would be the perfect Hogwarts style spell ... then I see this great take on an old theme.

    on a lighter note Another Outspoken Female 2009

  • As I focused on their faces and bodies, I could see that many of them were growth stunted and some were microcephalic (small heads due to brain damage, malnutrition, infection); their faces were covered with molluscum contagiosum (virally mediated warts) and impetigo.

    Dr. Jane Aronson: What Does a Bar Mitzvah Have to do With the Fate of Orphans Around the World? Dr. Jane Aronson 2011

  • As I focused on their faces and bodies, I could see that many of them were growth stunted and some were microcephalic (small heads due to brain damage, malnutrition, infection); their faces were covered with molluscum contagiosum (virally mediated warts) and impetigo.

    Dr. Jane Aronson: What Does a Bar Mitzvah Have to do With the Fate of Orphans Around the World? Dr. Jane Aronson 2011

  • Only this morning I was musing (quietly to myself, as you do) that molluscum contagiosum* would be the perfect Hogwarts style spell ... then I see this great take on an old theme.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Another Outspoken Female 2009

  • As the name suggests, molluscum contagiosum are extremely contagious and can be spread when children share clothes, towels, or even bathe together.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • As the name suggests, molluscum contagiosum are extremely contagious and can be spread when children share clothes, towels, or even bathe together.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

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