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: any of a genus (Macaca) of chiefly Asian monkeys typically having a sturdy build and including some short-tailed or tailless forms
especially
: rhesus monkey
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Working with the spleens of primates (macaques), the team engineered microenvironments within the test organs to support human pancreatic islets.
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Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
The team had been conducting testing in macaques of an injectable vaccine developed by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital.
—Atul Gawande, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
At first the macaques are intrigued by these strange machines, Reinegger
says.
—Byrefael Kubersky, science.org, 20 Mar. 2025
Alpha Genesis staff had tried to entice the macaques with food while using humane traps to capture them.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
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Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
The team had been conducting testing in macaques of an injectable vaccine developed by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital.
—Atul Gawande, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
At first the macaques are intrigued by these strange machines, Reinegger
says.
—Byrefael Kubersky, science.org, 20 Mar. 2025
Alpha Genesis staff had tried to entice the macaques with food while using humane traps to capture them.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Macaque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macaque. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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: any of various monkeys mostly from Asia that includes some with either short or no tails
especially
: rhesus monkey
Etymology
French, from Portuguese macaco, from makaku, plural of kaku, name for an African monkey in one or more Bantu languages of Gabon and Congo
Medical Definition
: any of numerous short-tailed Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca and related genera chiefly of southern Asia
especially
: rhesus monkey
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