Meanings
- uncountableA usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing skin tumors.
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.
2013 January 28, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, page 641 more example
“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.
2023 April 24, Stephen Burgen, “Catalonia’s farmers face threat of drought … and a plague of hungry rabbits”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - broadlyuncountableA condition characterized by the growth of many myxomata (tumors of primitive connective tissue).
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 黏液瘤病, 粘液瘤病
- 黏液瘤病 (niányèliúbìng)rabbit disease
- 粘液瘤病 (niányè liú bìng)rabbit disease
Czech myxomatóza
- myxomatózarabbit disease
Dutch myxomatose
- myxomatoserabbit disease
Finnish myksomatoosi
- myksomatoosirabbit disease
French myxomatose
- myxomatoserabbit disease
German Myxomatose
- Myxomatoserabbit disease
Greek μυξωμάτωση
- μυξωμάτωση (myxomátosi)rabbit disease
Italian mixomatosi
- mixomatosirabbit disease
Polish miksomatoza
- miksomatozarabbit disease
Portuguese mixomatose
- mixomatoserabbit disease
Russian миксомато́з
- миксомато́з (miksomatóz)rabbit disease
Spanish mixomatosis
- mixomatosisrabbit disease
Cite this entry
myxomatosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myxomatosis
“myxomatosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myxomatosis. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “myxomatosis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myxomatosis.
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