Molluscum-contagiosum Definition

noun

(medicine, pathology) A viral infection of the skin or (occasionally) mucous membranes, caused by molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNA poxvirus.

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Origin of Molluscum-contagiosum

  • From Latin inflected forms of molluscus (“soft”), + contagiosus (“contagious”) (from contagio (“contact”)).

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