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Definition of Rodent
1. Noun. Relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
Generic synonyms: Eutherian, Eutherian Mammal, Placental, Placental Mammal
Group relationships: Order Rodentia, Rodentia
Specialized synonyms: Mouse, Rat, Murine, Water Rat, New World Mouse, Muskrat, Musquash, Ondatra Zibethica, Florida Water Rat, Neofiber Alleni, Round-tailed Muskrat, Cotton Rat, Sigmodon Hispidus, Wood Rat, Wood-rat, Hamster, Gerbil, Gerbille, Lemming, Hedgehog, Porcupine, Jumping Mouse, Jerboa, Dormouse, Squirrel, Prairie Dog, Prairie Marmot, Marmot, Beaver, Aplodontia Rufa, Mountain Beaver, Sewellel, Cavy, Dolichotis Patagonum, Mara, Capibara, Capybara, Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris, Agouti, Dasyprocta Aguti, Cuniculus Paca, Paca, Mountain Paca, Coypu, Myocastor Coypus, Nutria, Chinchilla, Chinchilla Laniger, Mountain Chinchilla, Mountain Viscacha, Chinchillon, Lagostomus Maximus, Viscacha, Abrocome, Chinchilla Rat, Rat Chinchilla, Mole Rat, Mole Rat, Sand Rat
Derivative terms: Gnaw
Definition of Rodent
1. a. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
2. n. One of the Rodentia.
Definition of Rodent
1. Noun. A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rodent
1. a gnawing mammal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rodent
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Literary usage of Rodent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Although many of the IARC group 1 and 2 compounds were not tested in standard
2-year rodent study protocols, most are expected to be positive in the 2- year ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"LOUIS SKIN AND CANCER HOSPITAL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. IN 1827 Jacob,1 of Dublin,
was the first to describe rodent ulcer as a distinct clinical entity, ..."
3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1873)
"The rodent sore we regard as a variety of epithelioma ; with the most typical
... Mr. Moore, in his book on rodent cancers, refers to their presence in some ..."
4. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"After referring to the mass of clinical evidence in favour of the view they took,
such as the many transitional cases between the typical rodent and ..."
5. Diseases and injuries of the eye: Their Medical and Surgical Treatment by George Lawson (1869)
"Epithelioma also invades the lymphatics and involves the neighbouring glands,
whilst in rodent cancer the glands are unaffected. ..."
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