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NUDE MOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
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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