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tailcuffs

tailcuffs is the plural of tailcuff.

Meaning of tailcuff

Noun

tailcuff (plural tailcuffs)

  1. A cuff, attached to the tail, used to measure blood pressure in small animals.
    • Doxycycline induction of aortic UCP1 expression in rats has been shown to increase tailcuff systolic BP by 46mmHg and diastolic BP by 21mmHg.2015 July 24, John F. LaDisa et al., “Gene Expression in Experimental Aortic Coarctation and Repair: Candidate Genes for Therapeutic Intervention?”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI

Questions about tailcuffs

What is tailcuffs the plural of?
Tailcuffs is the plural of tailcuff.

Words near tailcuffs in the dictionary

  1. tailcone
  2. tailcones
  3. tailcord
  4. tailcords
  5. tailcuff
  6. tailcuffs
  7. tailcup
  8. tailcups
  9. taildragger
  10. taildraggers
  11. tailed

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