myx·o·ma·to·sis
[mik-suh-muh-toh-sis]
–noun
1.
Pathology .
a.
a condition characterized by the presence of manymyxomas.
b.
myxomatous degeneration.
2.
Veterinary Pathology . a highly infectious viral disease of
rabbits, artificially introduced into Great Britain and
Australia to reduce the rabbit population.
Origin: 1925–30; < Neo-Latin myxomat- (stem of myxoma; see myx-, -oma) +
I've always loved this word.
It's all just pictures of dead rabbits.
Flockalyptic,
Adam
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