1Any of the characteristic ovoid bodies found in the core of a nodule of molluscum contagiosum, representing degenerate epidermal cells filled with viral inclusions.
2A viral inclusion in a cell infected with molluscum contagiosum virus.
Origin
Late 19th century.
Definition of molluscum body in US English:
molluscum body
noun
1Any of the characteristic ovoid bodies found in the core of a nodule of molluscum contagiosum, representing degenerate epidermal cells filled with viral inclusions.
2A viral inclusion in a cell infected with molluscum contagiosum virus.