Etymology

molluscum

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Today it means: Any of various skin diseases marked by soft, pulpy nodules or tumors Full definition →

Latin molluscum
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommolluscum
  2. English todaymolluscum

Borrowed from Latin molluscum.

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