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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 recipient survived for 171 days, providing early evidence that modified porcine livers can take on essential metabolic and synthetic duties in people.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2025

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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