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243 lines
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{
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"myxamoeba":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a naked amoeboid uninucleate protoplast that lacks both cilia and flagella, is a characteristic stage in the life cycle of slime molds and some other fungi, arises from a haploid derivative of a swarm spore or by fusion of two haploid zoospores, and typically develops into a plasmodium either by repeated nuclear fission or by fusion of individual myxamoebas":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from myx- + amoeba":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmiks+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175353",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"myxedema":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": severe hypothyroidism characterized by firm inelastic edema, dry skin and hair, and loss of mental and physical vigor":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Particularly in situations where people get illnesses such as the flu, people can get an infection and go into the state of myxedema coma, a life-threatening disorder where the mortality rate is extremely high. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"myx- + edema":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmik-s\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-m\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140102",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"myxo-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": mucus : slime":[
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"myx edema",
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"myxo mycete"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"combining form from Greek m\u00fdxa \"nasal discharge, slime, nostril, snout, lamp wick,\" derivative from a base *muk- also in Greek m\u00fdssomai, m\u00fdssesthai \"to blow one's nose, snort,\" apom\u00fdssein \"to wipe (the nose),\" mykt\u1e17r \"nostril,\" perhaps going back to Indo-European *(s)muk- \"nasal discharge,\" *(s)meuk- \"undo, loosen, wipe off,\" whence Sanskrit m\u00facyate \"comes free, is freed,\" Old Church Slavic prom\u016dkn\u01ebti s\u0119 \"to spread, become known,\" Serbian & Croatian m\u00e0knuti \"to move,\" Polish zamkn\u0105\u0107 \"to shut, close,\" and (with nasal present) Sanskrit mu\u00f1cati \"looses, frees,\" Lithuanian munk\u00f9, m\u00f9kti \"to come free, get away,\" Latin \u0113mungere \"to wipe one's nose\" (with unexpected g )":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-084921"
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},
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"myxomycete":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": slime mold":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmik-s\u014d-(\u02cc)m\u012b-\u02c8",
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"\u02ccmik-s\u014d-\u02c8m\u012b-\u02ccs\u0113t",
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"\u02ccmik-s\u014d-(\u02cc)m\u012b-\u02c8s\u0113t"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"His PhD thesis confirmed his discovery of myxomycete mating types. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from the New Latin taxon Myxomycetes, designating slime molds, from myxo- myxo- + -mycetes, borrowed from Greek m\u00fdk\u0113tes, plural of m\u00fdk\u0113s \"mushroom, fungus\" \u2014 more at myc-":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-170835"
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},
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"myxogastres":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a subclass of Myxomycetes comprising those typical slime molds that develop definite fruiting bodies in which are produced spores which on germinating release one, two, or rarely several swarm spores \u2014 compare exosporeae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from plural of Myxogaster":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041144"
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},
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"Myxogastrales":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an order equivalent to the subclass Myxogastres":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Myxogastr-, Myxogaster + -ales":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-042142"
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},
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"myxoma":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a soft tumor made up of gelatinous connective tissue like that of the umbilical cord":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"mik-\u02c8s\u014d-m\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The myxoma -like virus detected in these hares had gained approximately 2,800 new base pairs, compared to a South American rabbitpox strain. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"Subsequent findings from this experiment confirmed that the replication of the myxoma -like virus within hare cells depended on the expression of M159 proteins. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"For example, within a seven-year period, a myxoma strain that once had a 90% fatality rate in rabbits living in Lake Urana only killed 26% of rabbits in the same area. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"The myxoma virus was introduced to Ireland that same summer. \u2014 Paul Muldoon, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Grant McFadden has spent over two decades studying the myxoma virus. \u2014 Amanda Morris, azcentral , 10 May 2020",
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"An atrial myxoma is a rare non-cancerous tumor that grows on the heart and, if caught, can be easily removed. \u2014 Jenny Mollen, Marie Claire , 17 July 2017",
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"An atrial myxoma is a rare non-cancerous tumor that grows on the heart and, if caught, can be easily removed. \u2014 Jenny Mollen, Marie Claire , 17 July 2017",
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"Melyssa had a myxoma , a benign but extremely aggressive tumor. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 25 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin, from Greek m\u00fdxa \"nasal discharge, slime\" + New Latin -oma -oma \u2014 more at myxo-":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115042"
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},
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"Myxogastres":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a subclass of Myxomycetes comprising those typical slime molds that develop definite fruiting bodies in which are produced spores which on germinating release one, two, or rarely several swarm spores \u2014 compare exosporeae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from plural of Myxogaster":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175603"
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},
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"myxomatosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"mik-\u02ccs\u014d-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The first virus ever deliberately used to eradicate a wild-animal population was myxoma virus, which causes myxomatosis , a disease fatal to domestic rabbits. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 29 June 2020",
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"Eventually, a myxomatosis vaccine was developed, and the disease was more or less brought under control. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 29 June 2020",
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"These rabbits never develop the skin tumors or any of the classic symptoms of myxomatosis . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 14 Aug. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"myxomat-, Greco-Latin stem of myxoma + -osis , as translation of German Myxomkrankheit":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223010"
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},
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"myxomas":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a soft tumor made up of gelatinous connective tissue like that of the umbilical cord":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"mik-\u02c8s\u014d-m\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The myxoma -like virus detected in these hares had gained approximately 2,800 new base pairs, compared to a South American rabbitpox strain. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"Subsequent findings from this experiment confirmed that the replication of the myxoma -like virus within hare cells depended on the expression of M159 proteins. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"For example, within a seven-year period, a myxoma strain that once had a 90% fatality rate in rabbits living in Lake Urana only killed 26% of rabbits in the same area. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"The myxoma virus was introduced to Ireland that same summer. \u2014 Paul Muldoon, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Grant McFadden has spent over two decades studying the myxoma virus. \u2014 Amanda Morris, azcentral , 10 May 2020",
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"An atrial myxoma is a rare non-cancerous tumor that grows on the heart and, if caught, can be easily removed. \u2014 Jenny Mollen, Marie Claire , 17 July 2017",
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"An atrial myxoma is a rare non-cancerous tumor that grows on the heart and, if caught, can be easily removed. \u2014 Jenny Mollen, Marie Claire , 17 July 2017",
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"Melyssa had a myxoma , a benign but extremely aggressive tumor. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 25 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin, from Greek m\u00fdxa \"nasal discharge, slime\" + New Latin -oma -oma \u2014 more at myxo-":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-231844"
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}
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} |