"molluscum contagiosum" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Latin inflected forms of molluscus (“soft”), + contagiosus (“contagious”) (from contagio (“contact”)). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=molluscum contagiosum}} molluscum contagiosum (uncountable)
  1. (dermatology, pathology) A viral infection of the skin or (occasionally) mucous membranes, caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNA poxvirus. Wikipedia link: molluscum contagiosum Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Dermatology, Diseases, Pathology, Viral diseases Synonyms: MC [abbreviation], water wart Related terms: MCV, Poxviridae Translations (skin infection caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus): 傳染性軟疣 (Chinese Mandarin), 传染性软疣 (chuánrǎnxìng ruǎnyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), tarttuva ontelosyylä (Finnish), molusco contagioso [masculine] (Portuguese), контагио́зный моллю́ск (kontagióznyj molljúsk) [masculine] (Russian), molusco contagioso [masculine] (Spanish), mollusker [plural] (Swedish)

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