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reticulum


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reticulum  \Re*tic"u*lum\,  n.;pl.  {Reticula}.  [L.  dim.  of  rete  a 
  net.]  (Anat.) 
  a  The  second  stomach  of  ruminants,  in  which  folds  of  the 
  mucous  membrane  form  hexagonal  cells;  --  also  called  the 
  {honeycomb  stomach}. 
  b  The  neuroglia. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reticulum 
  n  :  the  second  compartment  of  the  stomach  of  a  ruminant  [syn:  {second 
  stomach}] 




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