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noun
A viral infection of the skin or (occasionally) mucous membranes, caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNA poxvirus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: dermatology, medicine, pathology, sciences
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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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: molluscum
History
From Latin inflected forms of molluscus (“soft”), + contagiosus (“contagious”) (from contagio (“contact”)).
Across languages
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