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Bovine

Having to do with a cow (or bull). For example, bovine growth hormone is similar to human growth hormone but is made by the pituitary gland of the cow (and is used to increase milk production in dairy cattle).

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Relating to cattle. [L. bos (bov-), ox]

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bo·vine 'bō-.vīn, -.vēn n an ox (genus Bos) or a closely related animal

bovine adj

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bo·vine (boґvīn) [L. bos, bovis ox, bullock, cow] pertaining to, characteristic of, or derived from cattle.

Medical dictionary. 2011.