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model noun antetype, archetype, copy, copy in miniature, design, example, exemplar, exemplum, gauge, guide, ideal, image, imitation, miniature, mold, paradigm, paragon, pattern, plan, precedent, prototype, replica, representation, sample, specimen, standard
Associated concepts: Model Code
See also: absolute, arrangement, build, case, code, copy, criterion, design, epitome, example, exemplar, exemplary, forge, form, guide, ideal, illustration, instance, laudable, make, norm, paradigm, paragon, paramount, pattern, precedent, principle, produce, professional, prototype, representative, rule, sample, specimen, standard, stellar, style, symbol, typical

MODEL. A machine made on a small scale to show the manner in which it is to be worked or employed.
     2. The Act of Congress of July 4, 1836, section 6, requires an inventor who is desirous to take out a patent for his invention, to furnish a model of his invention, in all cases which admit of representation by model, of a convenient size to exhibit advantageously its several parts.



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To create an animal model of preeclampsia, Osol and his colleagues injected pregnant rats with a drug that inhibits blood vessels from releasing nitric oxide, a molecule that normally relaxes vessels so that they can expand.
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Fred Lublin, director of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, was one of the first to test Novantrone in an animal model of MS.
 
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