molluscum

[ muh-luhs-kuh m ]

/ məˈlʌs kəm /

any of various skin conditions characterized by soft, rounded tumors.

Nearby words

1805–15; < New Latin, Latin: fungus, noun use of neuter of molluscus soft; akin to mollis soft

Related formsmol·lus·cous, adjective

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Described in the Voyage de la Coquille, and represented as a molluscous animal destitute of a shell.
A Conchological Manual|George Brettingham Sowerby
The same holds good, with certain limitations, in Molluscous and Radiated animals.
The History of Creation, Vol. I (of 2)|Ernst Haeckel
The Molluscous Gasteropoda have the organs of respiration formed for aerial respiration, or for respiration under water.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
In estuaries it feeds on crustaceous and molluscous animals and small fish, which it obtains by diving.
British Birds in their Haunts|Rev. C. A. Johns

It is also applied to imitations of such stones in glass, called “pastes,” or on the shells of molluscous animals.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1|Various

Medicine definitions for molluscous

[ mə-lŭs′kəs ]

Of, relating to, or resembling molluscum.

[ mə-lŭs′kəm ]

Any of various skin diseases marked by the occurrence of soft spherical tumors on the face or the body.