molluscum

American  

[muh-luhs-kuhm] / məˈlʌs kəm /

noun

Pathology.

plural

mollusca

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

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Other Word Forms

• molluscous adjective

Etymology

Origin of molluscum

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

Example Sentences

It is to be differentiated from molluscum fibrosum, warts and acne.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

From molluscum contagiosum, neuroma and lipoma; the first is differentiated by its central aperture or depression, neuroma by its painfulness, and lipoma by its lobulated character and soft feel.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

What are the diagnostic points in molluscum epitheliale?

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Below each scapula there were tumors of the nature of fibroma molluscum.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Such epidermic anomalies as ichthyosis, scleroderma, and molluscum simplex, sometimes appearing shortly after birth, but generally seen later in life, will be spoken of in the chapter on Anomalous Skin Diseases.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)