Medical Dictionary

knockout

adj knock·out \ˈnäk-ˌat\

Medical Definition of KNOCKOUT

:  having all or part of a gene eliminated or inactivated by genetic engineering <knockout mice predisposed to diabetes mellitus serve as animal models in the study of human diabetes>
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