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reticulum

[ ri-tik-yuh-luhm ]

noun

genitive: Reticuli [ri-, tik, -y, uh, -lahy].plural: reticula [ri-, tik, -y, uh, -l, uh]
  1. a network; any reticulated system or structure.
  2. Anatomy.
    1. a network of intercellular fibers in certain tissues.
    2. a network of structures in the endoplasm or nucleus of certain cells.
  3. Zoology. the second stomach of ruminating animals, between the rumen and the omasum.
  4. genitive Reticuli [ri-, tik, -y, uh, -lahy]. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Net, a southern constellation between Dorado and Hydrus.


Reticulum

1

/ rɪˈtɪkjʊləm /

noun

  1. a small constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Dorado and Hydrus
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reticulum

2

/ rɪˈtɪkjʊləm /

noun

  1. any fine network, esp one in the body composed of cells, fibres, etc
  2. the second compartment of the stomach of ruminants, situated between the rumen and psalterium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

reticulum

/ rĭ-tĭkyə-ləm /

, Plural reticula

  1. The second division of the stomach in ruminant animals, which together with the rumen contains microorganisms that digest fiber. The reticulum's contents are regurgitated for further chewing as part of the cud.
  2. See more at ruminant


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Word History and Origins

Origin of reticulum1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin rēticulum “little net”; reticle
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reticulum1

C17: from Latin: little net, from rēte net
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Example Sentences

This dish is based on the beautiful white honeycomb tripe, which comes from the second stomach, or the reticulum, of an ox.

These structures arise from the mesoblastic reticulum already described Peripheral nervous system.

In this way the nerve trunks are developed—by a gathering up, so to speak, of the fibres of the reticulum into bundles.

The yolk is contained in the meshes of this reticulum in the manner already described for other ova.

Absorption of the membrane of the germinal vesicle and metamorphosis of the germinal spot and nuclear reticulum.

It is even held that these fibres penetrate the cell walls and connect adjoining cells, so that the entire body is a reticulum.

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