murine
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murine
- /ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/
Rhymes with -ʊəɹaɪn
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin mūrīnus (“mouselike”).
adjective more murine · most murine
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse. They had watched, paralysed, as, squeaking with terror, her small murine body was ripped to pieces, Tilly yipping gleefully with excitement all the while.
- 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. 1977, Richard Peto⁽ᵂᴾ⁾ Are our stem cells really, then, a billion or a trillion times more "cancerproof" than murine stem cells?
Translations
Talk about this word "murine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/murine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. murine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/murine "murine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/murine.Cite this
@misc{murine_2026,
title = {murine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/murine},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
