molluscum

[muh-luhs-kuhm]

noun

Pathology.

plural

mollusca 

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

Other Word Forms

• molluscous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of molluscum¹

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

Example Sentences

My grandson, 7, has had molluscum contagiosum for nine months, and it has spread.

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

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The bruscum, or Knur is wonderfully fair, but the molluscum is counted most precious; both of them knobs and swellings out of the tree.

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The fibrous overgrowths in the skin, known as keloid and molluscum fibrosum, and those met with in the sheaths of nerves, are described elsewhere.

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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.

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