The genus of viruses (family Poxviridae) that comprises the fibroma and myxoma viruses of rabbits; unlike the orthopoxviruses, they are ether-sensitive. [L. leporis, gen. of lepus, a hare, + virus]
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Lep·o·ri·pox·vi·rus (lep″ə-rĭ-poksґvi-rəs) [L. lepus, gen. leporis hare + poxvirus] a genus of viruses of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae (family Poxviridae) with serologic cross-reactivity that infect squirrels and rabbits, including myxoma virus and rabbit fibroma virus.Medical dictionary. 2011.