MURINE Definition & Meaning

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murine

[ myoor-ahyn, -in ]

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adjective

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

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

of, relating to, or belonging to the Muridae, an Old World family of rodents, typically having long hairless tails: includes rats and mice
resembling a mouse or rat

noun

any animal belonging to the Muridae

murine

/ ��r′ī��′ /

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of murine¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin ��ū��ī�Գܲ� “of mice,” equivalent to ��ū��- (stem of ��ū�� “mouse”) + -ī�Գܲ� adjective suffix; mouse, -ine ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of murine¹

C17: from Latin ��ū��ī�Գܲ� of mice, from ��ū�� mouse

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That doesn’t include the cost of the diseases the animals spread, such as hantavirus, murine typhus and bubonic plague, nor the mental health toll of living among them.

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

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

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

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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.

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