molluscum

[Neut. sing. of Lat. mollusc us =soft.] †1. Ord. Lang.: A mollusc (q. v.). "May prove that man is only the evolution of a mollusoum."-Hamilton: Lectures on Metaphysics , i. 72. 2. Pathol .: A skin disease consisting of one or more small tumors, from the size of a pea to that of a pigeon's egg. There is a true molluscum, which is contagious, and a false, which is non-contagious. mol-lŭsk, s. [MOLLUSC.] mol-lus-kig-er-ous, a. [Eng. mollusk; i connective, and Lat. gero to bear.] Producing mollusks. "The cavity of the mollusk i ger ous sac."- Huxley : Anat. Invert. Animals , ch. viii.