English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/

Adjective

murine ‎(comparative more murine, superlative most murine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family Muridae.
   • 2002, Gilbert S. Banker & Christopher T. Rhodes, Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition, Informa Health Care, ISBN 0824706749, page 699:

     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.

Translations

Hypernyms

• rodential

Noun

murine ‎(plural murines)

1. (zoology) Any murine mammal.

Anagrams

• murein

Latin

Adjective

mūrīne

1. vocative masculine singular of mūrīnus

Old French

Etymology

Adjective murin, morin, from the verb morir ‎(“to die”).

Noun

murine f ‎(oblique plural murines, nominative singular murine, nominative plural murines)

1. plague; pestilence