MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM
\mˈɒlʌskəm kəntˈe͡ɪd͡ʒɒsəm], \mˈɒlʌskəm kəntˈeɪdʒɒsəm], \m_ˈɒ_l_ʌ_s_k_ə_m k_ə_n_t_ˈeɪ_dʒ_ɒ_s_ə_m]\
Definitions of MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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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)
By Princeton University
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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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A common, benign, usually self-limited viral infection of the skin and occasionally the conjunctivae by a poxvirus (MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS). (Dorland, 27th ed)
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See Molluscum epitheliale
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: m. sebaceum, m. sessile, m. verrucosum, m. acne varioliformis, epithelioma molluscum. A disease of the skin, consisting of small, waxy, rounded epithelial tumors, having a rounder opening at the apex, which is filled with degenerated epithelial debris. It occurs more often in the children of the poorer classes and is contagious, though the contagion is very weak. The organism producing it has not been discovered.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
