NUDE MOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nude mouse mean? 

• NUDE MOUSE (noun)
  The noun NUDE MOUSE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: NUDE MOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUDE MOUSE (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:

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)

 Context examples 

Any bioassay using a nude mouse.

(Nude Mouse Assay, NCI Thesaurus)

Athymic, nude mice are often used in cancer research because they do not reject tumor cells, from mice or other species.

(Nude Mouse, NCI Dictionary)

The protein selectively induces p53-independent apoptosis in breast carcinoma cells and inhibits tumor growth in nude mice.

(Interleukin-24, NCI Thesaurus)

Transfection of antisense constructs into a nontumorigenic cell line rendered the cells tumorigenic in nude mice.

(ATPase, Aminophospholipid Transporter-Like, Class I, Type 8A, Member 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Athymic nude mice are often used in cancer research because they do not reject tumor cells, from mice or other species.

(Athymic nude mouse, NCI Dictionary)