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murine

[ myoor-ahyn, -in ]

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the rodent subfamily Murinae, which includes more than 500 species of mice and rats:

    pathological studies of murine viruses;

    the detection of murine odor in the attic.



noun

  1. a murine rodent:

    No murines have played more vitally important roles in medical research than common house mice and brown rats.

murine

/ -rɪn; ˈmjʊəraɪn /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Muridae, an Old World family of rodents, typically having long hairless tails: includes rats and mice
  2. resembling a mouse or rat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. any animal belonging to the Muridae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

murine

/ myrīn′ /

  1. Of or relating to a rodent of the subfamily Murinae, including rats and mice.
  2. Caused, transmitted, or affected by such a rodent.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of murine1

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin mūrīnus “of mice,” equivalent to mūr- (stem of mūs “mouse”) + -īnus adjective suffix; mouse, -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of murine1

C17: from Latin mūrīnus of mice, from mūs mouse
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Example Sentences

They have two viruses in their sights: murine leukemia virus and Kaposi's sarcoma virus.

They can also help spread murine typhus and food-borne germs like salmonella.

HKU1 has the murkiest evolutionary history, but its genetic sequence clusters close to the murine hepatitis virus, suggesting it has a rodent origin.

In addition to her poetry about mice, Dr. Mintz amassed a collection of what Chernoff described as “everything murine,” filling her office with photographs, sculptures and even tapestries of mice.

While the authors say the facial movements that followed were noticeable, anyone hoping for a comical murine grimace may be disappointed.

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