| nude mouse |
A type of laboratory mouse that is hairless, lacks a normal thymus gland, and has a defective immune system because of a genetic mutation. Athymic, nude mice are often used in cancer research because they do not reject tumor cells, from mice or other species.
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| nude mouse |
an immunodeficient mouse (usually hairless) that has no cell-mediated immunity due to the absence of the thymus gland. They can be used experimentally to grow human tumors.
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| nude m. |
a mouse homozygous for the nu gene; these mice are hairless and congenitally athymic and thus lack T lymphocytes.
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| nudomania |
Abnormal desire to be naked.
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| nudophobia |
Abnormal fear of being naked. SEE: gymnophobia.
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