Murine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Murine is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse.
Meaning
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse.
More Meanings
- (zoology) Any murine rodent.
- More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae.
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: murid, muroid, mouse, rat, vole (all precisely differentiable but not always differentiated)
They had watched, paralysed, as, squeaking with terror, her small murine body was ripped to pieces, Tilly yipping gleefully with excitement all the while.
One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation.
Word Forms
- murines
Synonyms for murine
Depending on context, synonyms include murid, muroid, mouse, rat, vole.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mouse, rodent, smile, mouselike, rodential, rodentlike.
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