NUDE MOUSE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nude mouse" is a kind of...):

mouse (any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails)

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