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mu⋅rine

  [myoor-ahyn, -in]
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–adjective
1. belonging or pertaining to the Muridae, the family of rodents that includes the mice and rats.
–noun
2. a murine rodent.
Origin:
1600–10; < L mūrīnus of mice, equiv. to mūr- (s. of mūs) mouse + -īnus -ine 1
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mu·rine   (myŏŏr'īn')   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to a rodent of the family Muridae or subfamily Murinae, including rats and mice.

  2. Caused, transmitted, or affected by such a rodent: a murine plague.

n.  A murine rodent.

[Latin mūrīnus, of mice, from mūs, mūr-, mouse; see mūs- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1mu·rine
Pronunciation: 'myu(&)r-"In
Function: adjective
1 a : of or relating to the genus Mus or to itssubfamily (Murinae) that includes most of the rats and mice which habitually live in intimate association with humans <murine rodents> b : of, relating to, or produced bythe house mouse murine odor>
2 : affecting or transmitted by rats or mice <murine rickettsial diseases>

Main Entry: 2murine
Function: noun
: a murine animal
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murine mu·rine (my&oobreve;r'īn')
adj.
Of, relating to, or transmitted by a member of the rodent family Muridae, including rats and mice.

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murine   (myr'īn')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Of or relating to a rodent of the family Muridae or subfamily Murinae, including rats and mice.

  2. Caused, transmitted, or affected by such a rodent.


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