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MURINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does murine mean?
• MURINE (noun)
The noun MURINE has 1 sense:
1. a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae
Familiarity information: MURINE used as a noun is very rare.
• MURINE (adjective)
The adjective MURINE has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice)
Familiarity information: MURINE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rodent that is a member of the family Muridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("murine" is a kind of...):
gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Derivation:
murine (of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice))
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a murine plague
Pertainym:
family Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)
Derivation:
murine (a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae)
Context examples
A murine monoclonal anti-idiotype antibody (anti-Id).
(Monoclonal Antibody 11D10, NCI Thesaurus)
A murine monoclonal antibody directed against the ganglioside GD2 with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Monoclonal Antibody 14G2A, NCI Thesaurus)
A murine monoclonal antibody directed against CD20, a cross-membrane ion channel phosphoprotein expressed by B cells, with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Monoclonal Antibody 1F5, NCI Thesaurus)
A nonspecific monoclonal antibody Fab fragment for murine leukemia virus (MuLV) 1.4.
(Monoclonal Antibody 1.4 F(ab), NCI Thesaurus)
A second generation murine monoclonal antibody with high affinity for the tumor-associated glycoprotein (TAG)-72, a human pancarcinoma antigen.
(Chimeric Antibody CHCC49, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally available v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (B-raf) serine/threonine protein kinase inhibitor with potential antineoplastic activity.
(BRAF(V600E) Inhibitor CEP-32496, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally available small-molecule inhibitor of mutant (V600E) v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(BRAF(V600E) Kinase Inhibitor RO5212054, NCI Thesaurus)
A recombinant, murine monoclonal antibody directed against gastrin-releasing peptide, one of a number of bombesin-like peptides (BLP).
(Monoclonal Antibody 2A11, NCI Thesaurus)
A murine monoclonal antibody directed against the cell-surface, tumor-associated antigen ganglioside GD2.
(Monoclonal Antibody 3F8, NCI Thesaurus)
A murine monoclonal antibody with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Monoclonal Antibody HeFi-1, NCI Thesaurus)
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