| severe combined immunodeficient mice | Mice that lack both T and B lymphocytes and are used for transplantation and study of human lymphoid tissues resulting in a SCID-human mouse chimera. See: severe combined immunodeficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| New Zealand mice | Inbred strains of mice, either black (NZB) or white (NZW), unique among strains used in experimental immunology because of their proclivity to spontaneous immunologic abnormalities and disorders including systemic lupus erythematosus similar to that found in humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| NOD mice | Nonobese diabetic mice. Have unique histocompatibility antigens, pancreatic beta cells are destroyed by an autoimmune response. (14 Oct 1997) |
| nude mice | Strains of athymic mice bearing the recessive allele nu/nu which are largely hairless and lack all or most of the T-cell population. Show no rejection of either allografts or xenografts. Nu/nu alleles on some backgrounds have near normal numbers of T-cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| joint mice | <radiology> Ossicles within joint space, seen in synovial osteochondromatosis (12 Dec 1998) |