See Also: tunica mucosa(medicine)
tunica mucosa oesophagi(medicine)
tunica mucosa bronchiorum(medicine)
tunica mucosa pharyngis(medicine)
tunica mucosa tracheae(medicine)
tunica mucosa gastrica(medicine)
tunica mucosa ureteris(medicine)
tunica mucosa coli(medicine)
tunica mucosa uteri(medicine)
tunica mucosa vaginae(medicine)

Shope fibroma (medicine) and tunica mucosa (medicine)


Shope fibroma (medicine)


Shope fibroma


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.


tunica mucosa (medicine)


tunica mucosa -->
mucosa
<pathology> A mucous membrane or tunica mucosa.