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Medical Definition of Rabbit fibroma
1. A connective tissue tumour of cottontail rabbits caused by a poxvirus of the genus Leporipoxvirus and found by Shope to be transmissible with cellular suspensions or Berkefeld filtrates; it is related to myxomatosis and is used in Europe as a source of vaccine to protect against the myxoma virus. Synonym: rabbit fibroma. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rabbit Fibroma
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