Shope papilloma
noun
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variants:
also Shope's papilloma \ ˈshōps-
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Medical Definition of Shope papilloma
: a transmissible fibroma of cottontail rabbits that occurs especially on the legs, feet, and ears, is caused by a poxvirus (species Rabbit fibroma virus of the genus Leporipoxvirus), and has under certain circumstances been transmitted to domestic rabbits