RHESUS MONKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhesus monkey mean? 

• RHESUS MONKEY (noun)
  The noun RHESUS MONKEY has 1 sense:

1. of southern Asia; used in medical research

  Familiarity information: RHESUS MONKEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHESUS MONKEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of southern Asia; used in medical research

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Macaca mulatta; rhesus; rhesus monkey

Hypernyms ("rhesus monkey" is a kind of...):

macaque (short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa)

 Context examples 

They include the type species, MASON-PFIZER MONKEY VIRUS, isolated from mammary carcinoma and normal tissues in rhesus monkeys, and several other serotypes of simian type D retroviruses (RETROVIRUSES TYPE D, SIMIAN), all of which cause simian AIDS (SAIDS) and other malignancies.

(Betaretrovirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)