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nude mouse

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nude mouse
inbred strain of laboratory mouse which is hairless and has no thymic tissue. Because it has no source of T lymphocytes, it suffers from a defect in cell-mediated immunity and is highly susceptible to infections. This trait is utilized for immunological studies. Called also athymic mouse.

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