MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

molluscum (any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules)

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