myxomatosis

myxomatosis

英 [,mɪksəmə'təʊsɪs]
　　美 [,mɪksəmə'tosɪs]

n. 多發粘液瘤病；[腫瘤] 粘液瘤變性

中文詞源：

myxomatosis 兔黏液瘤病

來自myxoma,黏液瘤，-osis,炎癥。引申詞義兔黏液瘤病，一種僅對兔子有效，對人和其它動物無效的傳染病，有時用做草原滅兔子用。

例句：

1. What factor helps to spread the disease of myxomatosis?
什麼因素有助於擴散多發性粘液瘤病毒？

2. What factor helped to spread the disease of myxomatosis?
什麼因素助長瞭多發性粘液瘤疾病的蔓延?

3. Scientists discovered that this particular variety of rabbit was susceptible to a fatal virus disease, myxomatosis.
科學傢們發現,這種特殊品質的兔子易患一種叫做“多發性粘液瘤”的致命病毒性疾病.

4. The greater part of the rabbit population of Britain went under to the disease of myxomatosis.
繁殖在不列顛的兔子,曾經由於粘液瘤病而死去一大半.