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MOLLUSCUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 disease; skin disorder (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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