porcine

American

[pawr-sahyn, -sin] / ˈpɔr saɪn, -sɪn /

adjective

of or relating to swine.
resembling swine; hoggish; piggish.

porcine British

/ ˈpɔːsaɪn /

adjective

of, connected with, or characteristic of pigs

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porcine Scientific

/ pôr′sīn′ /

Relating to or resembling pigs.

Etymology

Origin of porcine

1650–60; < Latin porcīnus; pork, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

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This region is nearly twice as long as the same structure in porcine circovirus 2, one of the most extensively studied circoviruses.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

Children who cannot have porcine gelatine in medical products will be offered an injection.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

Instead, the Conservancy resorted to a five-year experimental birth control plan in 2009, injecting female bison with the contraceptive porcine zona pellucida.

From National Geographic • Jan. 18, 2024

For example, the company Revivicor, which is owned by United Therapeutics and provided the pigs used in the University of Maryland transplants, leaves the porcine viral genes intact.

From Scientific American • Oct. 11, 2023

“I’ve always figured him for porcine parentage myself,” Wilem said dryly.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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