{i} mythological monster with a goat's body and a lion's head and a snake's tail; imaginary monster made up of inappropriate parts; delusion, wild illusion; person or organ comprised of tissues of different genetic constitution
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
An individual mouse, or other mammal, that is derived from the fusion of two or more preimplantation embryos or an embryo and ES cells (see Chapter 6) See Chimera in the MGI Glossary
A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author
An artificially joined sequence, created when two or more DNA are ligated together, typically in the cloning process These sequences confuse conventional EST clustering tools by grouping all sequences similar to the ligated pieces of the chimera producing the "large cluster problem", which cause difficulties for sequence assembly tools
a grotesque product of the imagination (Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
Originally a fabled and frightening monster whose features resembled the corresponding parts of many different animals Hence, an absurd or fantastic creature of the imagination; a frightful fancy; a visionary or impracticable idea
A WWW client for Unix-based computing systems Client a software program that interacts with server computers to access information on that server
A monster of Greek invention with the head and body of a lion and the tail of a serpent A second head, that of a goat, grows out of one side of the body