"knockout mouse" meaning in All languages combined

See knockout mouse on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: knockout mice [plural]
Etymology: From the notion that specific genes have been knocked out of the genome. Head templates: {{en-noun|knockout mice}} knockout mouse (plural knockout mice)
  1. (biology, genetics) Any of several forms of mice that have been genetically engineered by inactivating specific genes.

Inflected forms

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