Sprague Dawley

noun

A kind of outbred albino rat used in medical and nutritional research.

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Meanings

nounSprague Dawley (plural Sprague Dawleys)

plural Sprague Dawleys

  1. A kind of outbred albino rat used in medical and nutritional research.

Origin

First produced by the Sprague-Dawley farms in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1925.

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Sprague Dawley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sprague%20Dawley

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sprague Dawley,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sprague%20Dawley.

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