MOLLUSCUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does molluscum mean? 

• MOLLUSCUM (noun)
  The noun MOLLUSCUM has 1 sense:

1. any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules

  Familiarity information: MOLLUSCUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLLUSCUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("molluscum" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "molluscum"):

molluscum contagiosum (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))

 Context examples 

Molluscum contagiosum Viruses are found in humans and can cause the disease Molluscum contagiosum.

(Molluscum Contagiosum Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Molluscum contagiosum Viruses are transmitted via direct person-to-person contact and contact with infected fomites.

(Molluscum Contagiosum Virus, NCI Thesaurus)