Murine Definition

myo͝orīn
adjective
Of the murids, or family of rodents including the Old World rats and mice.
Webster's New World
Caused, transmitted by, or affecting such a rodent.
Murine leukemia.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
A murine rodent.
Webster's New World

Origin of Murine

  • Latin mūrīnus of mice from mūs mūr- mouse mūs- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin stem, mur-, of mus (“mouse") +"Ž -ine

    From Wiktionary

Murine Sentence Examples

  • It is easily tamed; and such is the dread of it common to all murine animals that not one will approach a house where it is domiciled."

  • Hughes et al ' Bisphosphonates promote apoptosis in murine osteoclasts in vitro and vivo ' .

  • The term ' murine typhus ' is used for salmonella in animals.

  • Fibrinogen E fragment selectively disrupts the vasculature and inhibits the growth of murine tumors in a syngeneic murine model.

  • Over-the-counter wax removal products include Debrox or Murine Ear Drops.

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