Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nude_mouse

1 sense of nude mouse

Sense 1
nude mouse -- (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)
       => mouse -- (any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails)