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OVINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ovine mean?
• OVINE (adjective)
The adjective OVINE has 1 sense:
1. of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
Familiarity information: OVINE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
sheep (woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat)
Context examples
Corticorelin ovine triflutate is used as a diagnostic tool in differentiating pituitary and ectopic production of ACTH.
(Corticorelin Ovine, NCI Thesaurus)
Ovine submaxillary mucin (OSM), extracted from an ovine submaxillary gland, provides a rich source of the sialylated Tn antigen (sTn), which is a carbohydrate antigen found on mucins of many epithelial tumors.
(Ovine Submaxillary Mucin, NCI Thesaurus)
A highly purified preparation of ovine testicular hyaluronidase with potential chemoadjuvant activity.
(Hyaluronidase, Ovine, NCI Thesaurus)
Corticorelin ovine triflutate is a potent stimulator of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), secreted from the anterior pituitary gland.
(Corticorelin Ovine Triflutate, NCI Thesaurus)
A trifluoroacetate salt of ovine corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), a 41 amino acids peptide similar to human CRH, used as a diagnostic agent.
(Corticorelin Ovine Triflutate, NCI Thesaurus)
Corticorelin ovine is a potent stimulator of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), secreted from the anterior pituitary gland.
(Corticorelin Ovine, NCI Thesaurus)
A recombinant ovine corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), a 41 amino acids peptide similar to human CRH, used as a diagnostic agent.
(Corticorelin Ovine, NCI Thesaurus)
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