Wistar rat

Wistar rat
Wis·tar rat 'wist-ər- n an albino rat widely used in biological and medical research

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a strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute but which has spread so widely to other institutions that there is probably marked dilution of the strain.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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