myxomatosis

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word myxomatosis. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word myxomatosis, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say myxomatosis in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word myxomatosis you have here. The definition of the word myxomatosis will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmyxomatosis, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From myxoma.

Pronunciation

Noun

myxomatosis (uncountable)

  1. 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, →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.
  2. (loosely) A condition characterized by the growth of many myxomata (tumors of primitive connective tissue).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia