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Meaning of myxomatosis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˌmɪksəməˈtəʊsɪs/

Definitions

  1. A usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing skin tumors.
    uncountable
  2. A condition characterized by the growth of many myxomata (tumors of primitive connective tissue).
    broadly, uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština myxomatóza
Deutsch Myxomatose
Ελληνικά μυξωμάτωση
Español mixomatosis
Suomi myksomatoosi
Français myxomatose
Italiano mixomatosi
Nederlands myxomatose
Polski miksomatoza
Português mixomatose
Русский миксоматоз

Examples

“In addition to new diseases, Quammen touches on many of the examples often included in standard disease ecology or epidemiology courses—for example, myxomatosis in nonnative rabbits of Australia, and mutation rates in RNA versus DNA viruses.”
““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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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