lab animal
Creature undergoing experiments
A lab animal is an animal used in scientific research and experimentation—typically mice, rats, rabbits, or primates kept in laboratory settings for medical, pharmaceutical, or biological studies.
The term sometimes appears in figurative use for someone subjected to repeated testing or experimentation: I felt like a lab animal going through all those medical tests.
- miceSmall gnawing mammals
- white micePale-furred small rodents
- biomedical researchScientific study of health
- research facilitySite for systematic investigation
- ethical guidelinesPrinciples defining proper behavior
guinea pigs · humane treatment · rats · fruit flies · drug testing · monkeys · hamsters · dogs · test subject · pharmacology · neuroscience · rabbits · vivarium · control group · tissue sampling · zebrafish · CRISPR technology · genetic engineering
- research subjectssubject, participant, test subject, experimental subject, volunteer
- Lab Rodentswhite mouse, albino mouse, albino rat
- animal termswild, tame, domesticated, feral, captive
lab animalpet
Domesticated household companion
companion animal · house pet · wild animal · therapy animal · family pet
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