Fish
zebrafish
ze·bra·fish [ zee-bruh-fish (British: zeb-ruh-) ]
Definitions related to zebrafish:
  • (danio rerio) A fish belonging to the species Danio rerio.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • An exotic species of the family CYPRINIDAE, originally from Asia, that has been introduced in North America. Zebrafish is a model organism for drug assay and cancer research.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Brachydanio rerio, species of small freshwater aquarium fish with a transparent embryo making it possible to follow progeny of single cells until quite late stages of development. This, together with the availability of mutant lines make it an important preparation for the study of vertebrate cell lineage and developmental biology.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Freshwater fish used in vertebrate genetic research and as a model for development.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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