Meaning & use
Murine
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Relating to or characteristic of mice, rats, or other rodents of the family Muridae.
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The study used a murine model to test the new drug's effects.
Murine typhus is a disease transmitted by fleas carried on rats.
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From the Latin 'mus, muris', meaning 'mouse'; the word appears frequently in medical and biological research literature.
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