[ noun ] large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles <noun.animal>
Baboon \Bab*oon"\, n. [OE. babewin, baboin, fr. F. babouin, or LL. babewynus. Of unknown origin; cf. D. baviaan, G. pavian, baboon, F. babine lip of ape, dogs, etc., dial. G. b["a]ppe mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera {Cynocephalus} and {Papio}; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See {Mandrill}, and {Chacma}, and {Drill} an ape.
The baboon that's best at coping with stress is the one that seeks emotional backing from other baboons (support groups, if you will), the researchers found.
Bailey set off a medical controversy in 1984 when he transplanted the heart of a baboon into an infant known as Baby Fae.
Even the now sainted Abraham Lincoln was often reviled while in office, sometimes painted by cartoonists and editorial writers as "that baboon in the White House."
In a controversial procedure in October 1984, Bailey and his staff at Loma Linda University Medical Center transplanted the heart of a baboon into a 12-day-old girl known as Baby Fae.
Bailey, a pioneer in infant heart transplant surgery, stirred controversy in 1984 when he transplanted a baboon's heart into a child known as Baby Fae in an effort to save her life.
Loma Linda gained worldwide attention in 1984 when Dr. Leonard Bailey, frustrated at the lack of heart donors for babies, transplanted a baboon's heart into a girl known as Baby Fae.
Bureau activities, according to testimony given to the government inquiry, ranged from killing activists to using a baboon's fetus to put a magic spell on Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
In June 1978, at a conference on baboon behavior organized by Strum, she presented her findings to her colleagues. "The 10 worst days of my life followed," she writes.
Members of a secret intelligence unit planted bombs, were suspects in political killings and plotted to harass Archbishop Desmond Tutu by sending him a baboon fetus, an intelligence official said Monday.