myxoma

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These confirmations, and new viral-SCRIB interactions we find involving herpes, vaccinia, myxoma, and fibroma viruses (peptides 3-8), suggest that many pathogenic viruses utilize a common mechanism to advantageously target SCRIB-mediated complexes involved in cell polarity and growth control.

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  1. noun A benign tumor, most often found in the heart, composed of connective tissue embedded in mucus.

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  • To combat the reduced effectiveness of myxoma virus, calicivirus, or rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD), was released in Australia in 1995.
  • These confirmations, and new viral-SCRIB interactions we find involving herpes, vaccinia, myxoma, and fibroma viruses (peptides 3-8), suggest that many pathogenic viruses utilize a common mechanism to advantageously target SCRIB-mediated complexes involved in cell polarity and growth control. —  PLoS Biology: New Articles
  • Doctors diagnosed Marianne with an atrial myxoma, a rare tumor that attaches to the heart. —  CBN.com
  • The pure myxoma is extremely rare, and clinically resembles the lipoma. —  Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
  • Mucous polypus of the nose, which is often described as a myxoma, is merely a pendulous process of œdematous mucous membrane Illustration: FIG. —  Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
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  1. New Latin, from Gr.μύξα, mucus, + -oma.
 

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