From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmyxomatosismyx‧o‧ma‧to‧sis /ˌmɪksəməˈtəʊsɪs $ -ˈtoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] MIHBAa disease that kills rabbits
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myxomatosis• Even through the years before myxomatosis rabbits were vulnerable to disease simply because there were so very many of them.• The effect of myxomatosis spread far beyond the rabbit. 