murine adjective & noun.
['mjʊǝrʌɪn, -rɪn] E17.[Latin murinus, from mur-, mus mouse: see -INE1.]A. adjective.
1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of a mouse;
Zoology of or pertaining to the family Muridae or the subfamily Murinae of Old World rodents, usu. having a long hairless tail, and including the rats and mice.
E17.2. Veterinary Medicine. Affecting mice or rats.
M20.murine typhus a mild form of typhus transmissible to humans by rat fleas.
b. noun. A murine animal, a mouse, a rat.
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