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- noun medicine, pathology A
viral infection of the skin or (occasionally)mucous membranes , caused by molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNApoxvirus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a virus disease of the skin marked by round white swellings; transmitted from person to person (most often in children or in adults with impaired immune function)
Etymologies
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From Latin inflected forms of molluscus ("soft"), + contagiosus ("contagious") (from contagio ("contact")).
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