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porcine

[pawr-sahyn, -sin] / ˈpɔr saɪn, -sɪn /
ADJECTIVE
pertaining to pigs
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Russian state scientists appointed by Putin have focused on two key technologies: bioprinting, or 3D-printing living tissue, and xenotransplantation, or growing human organs inside mini-pigs, a porcine breed deemed genetically compatible to humans.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

The researchers then tested the treatment in a porcine model of heart attack and saw similar results.

From Science Daily May 5, 2026

Children who cannot have porcine gelatine in medical products will be offered an injection.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2024

Instead, the Conservancy resorted to a five-year experimental birth control plan in 2009, injecting female bison with the contraceptive porcine zona pellucida.

From National Geographic Jan. 18, 2024

“I’ve always figured him for porcine parentage myself,” Wilem said dryly.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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