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🐭 Rodent genus 🐭 Mouse group
Mus

Mus

1 9.9
A group of small mice with a square notch on their top front teeth
  • noun
  • /mʌs/
  • Specialized
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  • The term medically unexplained symptoms, or MUS, is used to mean symptoms which don't correspond to visible or structural physical abnormalities.
  • Mus musculus
  • Mus mouse
  • common Mus mouse

Examples

  • MUS therefore covers conditions as diverse as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and chronic fatigue.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Researchers studied the behavior of the Mus species in their natural habitats.

  • The reservoir is the common house mouse, Mus musculus, but other rodents can become infected and transmit infection to humans.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Rodents (rats and mice, Mus musculus) pose threats to species primarily through nest depredation.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The common house mouse, Mus musculus, is often found in urban environments.

  • The biologist explained that Mus is the genus that includes many familiar mice.

Compounds

Mus musculus
  • Specialized
8.2

A small brown-grey mouse that lives near people and is used in labs

mus rose
  • Specialized
9.9

A rose with small white or pink flowers and a faint sweet smell

Surface Forms

Mus singular
Muses plural

Etymology

Mus comes from the Latin word mus, meaning 'mouse', and that simple name became the scientific genus for the common house mouse and its close relatives, so Mus refers to the group of mice.