Definition of Wistar rat in English:
Wistar rat
nounˈwɪstəˈwɪstɑːˈwistər ˌrat
Biology Medicine A rat of a strain developed for laboratory purposes.
Example sentencesExamples
- Male Wistar rats were given 10 or 20% ethanol in the drinking water for 3 or 6 weeks and no chromosome aberrations were found in the bone marrow or peripheral blood lymphocytes.
- The subjects were 16 male hooded Wistar rats supplied by the Laboratory Animal Services Branch of the University of Adelaide, Australia.
- A total of 78 Wistar rats were divided into 13 groups of 6 animals each.
- All experiments were conducted on male Wistar rats in accordance with regulations of the French Ministry of Agriculture.
- Albino Wistar rats fed on standard chow diet were obtained from the Animal House, College of Medicine, King Faisal University and used for the study.
Origin
1930s: named after the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, US.