MOLLUSCUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does molluscum mean? • MOLLUSCUM (noun)
The noun MOLLUSCUM has 1 sense:
1. any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules
Familiarity information: MOLLUSCUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOLLUSCUM (noun)
Meaning:
Any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("molluscum" is a kind of...):
disease of the skin; skin condition; skin disease; skin disorder; skin problem (a disease affecting the skin)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "molluscum"):
molluscum contagiosum (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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