Definition of murine in English:
murine
adjective ˈmjʊərʌɪnˈmjʊərɪnˈmyo͝orˌīn
Zoology Relating to or affecting mice or related rodents.
Murine rodents belong to the family Muridae, in particular the subfamily Murinae of the Old World
Example sentencesExamples
- Some parts seem to be like bird or avian viruses, while other bits are similar to bovine or murine viruses.
- All mice were housed in a pathogen-free barrier facility in which sentinel mice were periodically monitored for common murine pathogens.
- We have demonstrated the utility of our approaches by examining developmental changes in the murine mammary gland during the transition to puberty.
- The derivation of murine embryonic stem cells were first reported in 1981.
- We examined these effects on the recovery of divergence dates within anthropoid primates and between two murine rodents, the mouse and the rat.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin murinus, from mus, mur- 'mouse'.