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A soft round skin tumour.<\/p>\n

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Skin disease characterized by soft round masses.<\/p>\n

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Any of several skin diseases typified by the development of soft rounded tumors. Commonly, the term is used for molluscum contagiosum, a virus disease that produces small rounded pearl-like swellings with craters containing broken down matter. The condition is chronic and treatment is by removal with a curette, electrocautery, or by instilling carbolic acid (phenol) locally.<\/p>\n

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A term used for specific chronic skin conditions marked by soft, raised bumps.<\/p>\n

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A soft round skin tumour. Skin disease characterized by soft round masses. Any of several skin diseases typified by the development of soft rounded tumors. Commonly, the term is used for molluscum contagiosum, a virus disease that produces small rounded pearl-like swellings with craters containing broken down matter. The condition is chronic and treatment is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-m"],"yoast_head":"\nMolluscum - Definition of Molluscum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A soft round skin tumour.Skin disease characterized by soft round masses.Any of several skin diseases typified by the development of soft rounded tumors. 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