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Feline

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/ˈfiːlaɪn/adjectiveCore term

In veterinary medicine, feline means: Relating to cats. As a noun, a feline is any member of the cat family, including lions and tigers.

In Turkish: kedilere ait, kedi (sıfat), felin

How it is used

Common in disease names and specialist work: feline leukaemia virus (FeLV), feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD). Cat-friendly clinics follow feline-friendly handling guidelines.

Example sentences

  1. We test new feline patients for FIV and FeLV before they meet the other cats at home.

  2. Feline patients wait in a separate, quieter room away from the dogs.

Common collocations

  • feline patient
  • feline medicine
  • feline leukaemia virus
  • feline-friendly clinic
  • canineRelating to dogs. As a noun it also means a dog in formal writing, and in anatomy it is the long pointed tooth next to the incisors.
  • companion animalAn animal kept mainly for company rather than for food, work or profit, such as a dog, cat, rabbit or pet bird. It is a more formal word for pet.
  • core vaccineA vaccine that every animal of a species should receive, wherever it lives, because it protects against widespread and serious diseases.

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