Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or resembling swine or a pig.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, resembling or related to swine; suilline: as, porcine characters or affinities.
- Swinish; hoggish; piggish: applied to persons in derision or contempt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or pertaining to, the
pig . - adjective Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; morbidly obese.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
- adjective relating to or suggesting swine
- adjective repellently fat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In August, Philippine authorities sent samples from the dead pigs to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York, where scientists detected the presence of several diseases, including a devastating pig virus known as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or blue-ear pig disease.
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As I watch the ways of Madam Pig, with her litter of piglets – "a wreath of girls with brothers intertwined" – I am led to think there are really wonderful advantages in porcine being.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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And then the day after this health care bill passes, the FDA announces that a popular rotovirus vaccine made by Merck is being halted because it is contaminated with a mysterious DNA sequence from a pig virus called porcine circovirus type 1 or PCV-1.
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And then the day after this health care bill passes, the FDA announces that a popular rotovirus vaccine made by Merck is being halted because it is contaminated with a mysterious DNA sequence from a pig virus called porcine circovirus type 1 or PCV-1.
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And then the day after this health care bill passes, the FDA announces that a popular rotovirus vaccine made by Merck is being halted because it is contaminated with a mysterious DNA sequence from a pig virus called porcine circovirus type 1 or PCV-1.
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The Rotarix vaccine has been found to contain a pig virus called porcine circovirus 1, or PCV1.
NewsInferno Laurie 2010
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And then the day after this health care bill passes, the FDA announces that a popular rotovirus vaccine made by Merck is being halted because it is contaminated with a mysterious DNA sequence from a pig virus called porcine circovirus type 1 or PCV-1.
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Academic researchers found DNA from an unexpected virus, known as porcine circovirus 1 (PCV1) in the Rotarix vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline.
Rotavirus vaccine for children investigated: What you should know 2010
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Academic researchers found DNA from an unexpected virus, known as porcine circovirus 1 PCV1 in the Rotarix vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline.
Rotavirus vaccine for children investigated: What you should know 2010
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PCV2 is known as porcine circovirus closely associated with post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS).
BioMed Central - Latest articles Shuanghui Yin 2010
patiomensch commented on the word porcine
A pretty cruel adjective, when applied to people.
April 13, 2007