| 单词 | white pox disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite pox disease 2. More fully white pox disease. A disease of elkhorn coral characterized by stunted growth and death of polyps in localized areas (exposing the white limestone skeleton of the colony), occurring in waters polluted by sewage and caused by infection with the bacterium Serratia marcescens. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > other disorders bunnyc1440 cold1486 big-head1805 dwarfism1833 milk fever1860 fagopyrism1895 hyperdactyly1902 myelocytoma1929 osteofibrosis1936 mousepox1947 osteolathyrism1957 whitepox1996 1996 Science 20 Dec. 2017/1 A host of new diseases has been killing coral off the Florida Keys... The latest is ‘white pox’. 2002 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 18 June 3 a An epidemic of ‘white pox’..has decimated the once-plentiful elkhorn coral in the Caribbean Sea. 2009 C. R. C. Sheppard et al. Biol. Coral Reefs viii. 235 Some pathogens have clear associations with..human sewage, as in the case of the bacterium Serratia marcescens, to which is attributed ‘White Pox Disease’. < as lemmas |
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