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myxomatosis

noun

myx·​o·​ma·​to·​sis mik-ˌsō-mə-ˈtō-səs How to pronounce myxomatosis (audio)
: a condition characterized by the presence of myxomas in the body
specifically : a severe virus disease of rabbits that is caused by a poxvirus (species Myxoma virus of the genus Leporipoxvirus) and transmitted by mosquitoes, biting flies, and direct contact and that has been used in the biological control of rabbits especially in Australia

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The first virus ever deliberately used to eradicate a wild-animal population was myxoma virus, which causes myxomatosis, a disease fatal to domestic rabbits. Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020 Eventually, a myxomatosis vaccine was developed, and the disease was more or less brought under control. Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020 These rabbits never develop the skin tumors or any of the classic symptoms of myxomatosis. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2017

Word History

Etymology

myxomat-, Greco-Latin stem of myxoma + -osis, as translation of German Myxomkrankheit

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of myxomatosis was in 1927

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