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molluscum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun molluscum has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
molluscum, n. [NL. See Mollusk.].
A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
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