molluscum contagiosum
/məˌlʌskəmkənˌteɪdʒɪˈəʊsəm/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a chronic viral disorder of the skin characterized by groups of small, smooth, painless pinkish nodules with a central depression, that yield a milky fluid when squeezed.【医】传染性软疣。
词源
early 19th cent.: from Latin molluscum (as a noun denoting a kind of fungus), neuter of molluscus + contagiosum （neuter of contagiosus 'contagious'）.