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Murine vs Rodent - What's the difference?

murine | rodent |

As adjectives the difference between murine and rodent

is that murine is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family Muridae while rodent is gnawing; biting; corroding; applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

As a noun rodent is

(mammal of the order Rodentia)A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

murine

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family Muridae.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , passage=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. , page=699 , title=Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition , author=Gilbert S. Banker & Christopher T. Rhodes , publisher=Informa Health Care , year=2002 , isbn=0824706749}}

    Hypernyms

    * rodential

    Anagrams

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    rodent

    English

    (wikipedia rodent) {{picdic , image=Apodemus sylvaticus bosmuis.jpg , detail1= }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents .}}

    Synonyms

    * gnawer

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    See also

    * agouti * beaver * capybara * chinchilla * chipmunk * Count Branicki's mouse * coypu * dormouse * gerbil * gopher * guinea pig * hamster * jerboa * marmot * mole rat * mouse * nutria * paca * pacarana * porcupine * prairie dog * rat * springhare * squirrel * viscacha

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Gnawing; biting; corroding; applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

    • Anagrams

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