Generating Inbred Mice. Inbred Strains. A strain is defined as inbred when it has been mated brother x sister for 20 or more consecutive generations (F20). All offspring can be traced back to a single ancestral breeding pair in the 20th or subsequent generation.
suction head. The energy per unit weight of fluid on the suction side of a pump. 1  Facebook.
removal of material from the wall of a cavity or other surface by scraping with a curette. 1  suction curettage (vacuum curettage) a method of induced abortion, consisting of removal of the uterine contents, after dilatation, by means of a hollow curette introduced into the uterus, through which suction is applied.