MOLLUSCUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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))

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