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məˌlʌskəm kənˌteɪdʒɪˈəʊsəm/
n.
Medicine a chronic viral disorder of the skin characterized by groups of small, smooth, painless pinkish nodules.
Etymology
C19: from L. molluscum, neut. of molluscus + contagiosum, neut. of contagiosus ‘contagious’.