English Explanatory Dictionary

skinbow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a zebrafish: having been genetically engineered to have a skin of many colours, to aid in the visualization of changes in its cells.

Word forms

skinbow

Etymology

Blend of skin + rainbow, coined in 2016 in a paper by C. H. Chen et al, Multicolor Cell Barcoding Technology for Long-Term Surveillance of Epithelial Regeneration in Zebrafish.

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