Murine
Origin
From Latin stem, mur-, of mus ("mouse") + -ine
Full definition of murine
Adjective
murine
- 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, 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.