myxomatosis

名词 myxomatosis:

1. a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits

1. The greater part of the rabbit population of Britain went under to the disease of myxomatosis.
   繁殖在不列颠的兔子，曾经由于粘液瘤病而死去一大半。

myx.o.ma.to.sis

n.（名词）
【复数】 myx.o.ma.to.ses[-sôz]
A highly infectious, usually fatal disease of rabbits that is caused by a pox virus and is characterized by many skin tumors similar to myxomas.
多发性粘液瘤；粘液瘤病：一种高度传染的、通常是兔子患的致命性疾病，由梅毒病毒引起，而且特征为许多类似于粘液瘤的皮肤瘤
A condition characterized by the growth of many myxomas.
粘液瘤的存在：以许多粘液瘤的增长为特征的状况