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Definition of Bovine

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle).

2. Noun. Any of various members of the genus Bos.

3. Adjective. Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox. "Showed a bovine apathy"

Definition of Bovine

1. a. Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope.

Definition of Bovine

1. Adjective. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle. ¹

2. Adjective. (not comparable) Belonging to the tribe Bovini, including cows, buffalo, and bison. ¹

3. Adjective. Sluggish, dull, slow-witted. ¹

4. Noun. An animal of the family ''Bovidae'', including cattle, buffaloes and bison. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bovine

1. an ox-like animal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bovine

1. Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a cow or bull. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bovine

bouviers bouy bouyant bouzouki bouzoukia bouzoukis bovarism bovarysm bovate bovates

bove bovey coal bovid bovids boviform bovine (current term) bovine acetonaemia bovine achondroplasia bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase

bovine antitoxin bovine babesiosis bovine borreliosis bovine brucellosis bovine cancer eye bovine colloid bovine ephemeral fever bovine ephemeral fever virus bovine growth hormone

Literary usage of Bovine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"bovine Tuberculosis in Man.—Concerning bovine tuberculosis in man, ... At one time the danger of bovine tuberculosis to man was greatly exaggerated. ..."

2. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"The Relation between bovine and Human Tuberculosis.— Widely divergent views are held respecting the danger to man of infection from bovine sources. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"To pursue this, we have evaluated the effect of age, sex, and dietary calcium on plasma calcitonin in the bovine species. These studies demonstrate both ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"The Relative Importance of the bovine and Human Types of Tubercle Bacilli in the Different Forms of Human Tuberculosis.— PARK and KRUM- WIEDE (Jour. Med. ..."

5. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1898)
"Taking a broad biological position, we have every reason to examine into the assumed identity of the bovine and the human bacillus, because both the human ..."

6. The History of Political Parties in the Province of New York, 1760-1776 by Carl Lotus Becker (1908)
"bovine TUBERCULOSIS Importance. Tuberculosis is the most important disease of domestic cattle, either from an economical or public health standpoint. ..."

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