Shiverer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who shivers.
  2. 2
    A mouse mutation characterised by tremors.

    "These iOPCs had the ability to differentiate into oligodendrocytes in vitro and to myelinate host axons after transplantation into the demyelinated shiverer mouse brain."

Example

More examples

"These iOPCs had the ability to differentiate into oligodendrocytes in vitro and to myelinate host axons after transplantation into the demyelinated shiverer mouse brain."

Etymology

From shiver + -er.

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