chimera
noun
Often Chimera a fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
chimaeric
-
a word derived from
chimera.
Example Sentences
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For each assembly, an initial assembly was produced and checked for chimaeric contigs.
From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017
Both systems consist of a single-chain chimaeric sgRNA designed to target the MYBPC3∆GAGT deletion and Cas9 protein.
From Nature ● Aug. 1, 2017
Here we develop a novel chimaeric mouse model of mCRPC to efficiently test combination therapies in an autochthonous setting.
From Nature ● Mar. 19, 2017
F-class cells are different from iPS cells because they fail one of the most stringent tests of pluripotency: when injected into mouse embryos they cannot contribute to tissues in the resulting chimaeric mice.
From Nature ● Dec. 9, 2014
When therefore we call our plan chimaeric and eccentric, we in reality flatter the actual worthlessness of our artistic publicity, and in a manner mark it as the just and rational measure.
From Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 by Francis Hueffer
