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BOVINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various members of the genus Bos
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bovine" is a kind of...):
bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bovine"):
ox; wild ox (any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos)
Bos taurus; cattle; cows; kine; oxen (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age)
Bos indicus; Brahma; Brahman; Brahmin (any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding)
Holonyms ("bovine" is a member of...):
Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox
Example:
showed a bovine apathy
Classified under:
Similar:
dull (lacking in liveliness or animation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
Synonyms:
bovid; bovine
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)
Context examples:
Administered once daily, this type of insulin may be derived from porcine, bovine, or recombinant sources.
(Insulin, Ultralente, NCI Thesaurus)
Other prion diseases include scrapie in sheep and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in cattle.
(Study finds no chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques, National Institutes of Health)
An idiotypic determinant of a monoclonal antibody directed against antigens preferentially expressed by the cell line BL-3 derived from bovine leukemia or lymphoma (BL) cells.
(Monoclonal Antibody BL3-GD Idiotypic Determinant, NCI Thesaurus)
Understanding bovine TB-helminth coinfection in African buffalo is particularly relevant for human health because helminths are known to influence human immune responses to TB.
(Treatment for parasitic worms helps animals survive infectious diseases--and spread them, NSF)
M. bovis is pathogenic, being the causative agent of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis.
(Moraxella bovis, NCI Thesaurus)
A single chain polypeptide isolated from bovine lung with antifibrinolytic and anti-inflammatory activities.
(Aprotinin, NCI Thesaurus)
A cancer vaccine consisting of a recombinant vaccinia virus encoding the tumor-associated gene MAGE-1 that is contaminated with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV).
(MAGE-1 Vaccinia Contaminated with BVDV, NCI Thesaurus)
A sterile suspension composed of an extract of bovine pulmonary surfactant with surfactant activity.
(Calfactant, NCI Thesaurus)
Bovine pituitary extract is used in research as a mitogenic supplement in the cell culture of various epithelial and endothelial cell lines.
(Bovine Pituitary Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
L cremoris is a member of the commensal flora of bovine skin, is used in the manufacturing of cheese and buttermilk and is an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients.
(Lactococcus lactis subsp cremoris, NCI Thesaurus)
