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iciness (iou) and Bittner's milk factor (medicine)


iciness (iou)



iciness noun. L16.
[from ICY + -NESS.]
The quality or state of being icy; extreme cold; frigidity. Chiefly fig.

Bittner's milk factor (medicine)


Bittner's milk factor -->
mammary tumour virus of mice
Member of the retrovirus subfamily Oncornavirinae, antigenically distinct from the murine leukaemia-sarcoma complex, that is associated with adenocarcinomatous tumours of the mammary gland, commonly latent in wild and laboratory mice and causing cancer only in genetically susceptible strains under certain hormonal influences.

Synonym: Bittner agent, Bittner virus, Bittner's milk factor, mammary cancer virus of mice, milk factor, mouse mammary tumour virus.