See Also: bovine(dictionary)
Bovine(medicine)
Bovine(health)
bovine(dictionary)
bovine rhinoviruses(medicine)
bovine porphyria(medicine)
coronavirus, bovine(medicine)
bovine mastitis(medicine)
bovine leukaemia(medicine)
bovine somatotropin(medicine)

bovine (iou)



bovine adjective & noun. E19.
[Late Latin bovinus, formed as BOVID: see -INE1.]
A. adjective.
Pertaining to or characteristic of an ox or similar animal; belonging to the ox tribe. E19.
bovine somatotrophin a growth hormone occurring naturally in cows that has been added to cattle feed to increase milk production; abbreviation BST. bovine spongiform encephalopathy a usually fatal virus disease of cattle involving the central nervous system and causing extreme agitation; abbreviation BSE.
fig. Sluggish; stupid. M19.
b. noun. A bovine animal. M19.
bovinely adverb E20.