myxomatosis
English
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Etymology
[edit]From myxoma.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌmɪksəməˈtəʊsɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]myxomatosis (uncountable)
- A usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing skin tumors.
- 2023 April 24, Stephen Burgen, “Catalonia’s farmers face threat of drought … and a plague of hungry rabbits”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- “A lot of factors have contributed to the rabbit population explosion: there was the pandemic, when no one could hunt for two years; they’ve become immune to myxomatosis; and the female can produce seven or eight offspring every two months,” Foix says.
- (broadly) A condition characterized by the growth of many myxomata (tumors of primitive connective tissue).
Synonyms
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[edit]rabbit disease
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