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Definition of Reticulum

1. Noun. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus.

2. Noun. Any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels).

3. Noun. The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.

Definition of Reticulum

1. n. The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach.

Definition of Reticulum

1. Proper noun. (constellation) A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado. ¹

2. Noun. A network ¹

3. Noun. A pattern of interconnected objects. ¹

4. Noun. (zoology) : The second stomach in a cow or other ruminant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reticulum

1. a netlike structure [n -LA or -LUMS]

Medical Definition of Reticulum

1. Origin: L. Dim. Of rete a net. The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; also called the honeycomb stomach. The neuroglia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reticulum

reticulohistiocytoma reticulohistiocytosis reticuloid reticulon reticulonodular reticulonodular pattern reticulons reticulopenia reticuloperitonitis reticulosa

reticulose reticulosis reticulospinal reticulospinal tract reticulotomy reticulum (current term) reticulum cell reticulum cell sarcoma reticulum trabeculare sclerae reticulums

retie retied retieing reties retiform retighten retightened retightening retightens

Literary usage of Reticulum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Thus the cnar*er network of the trabecular system is continuous with the finer network of the reticulum. The reticulum of the lymphatic gland contained, ..."

2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"The bars of this reticulum, whether flange-like or filamentous, are at the edges of the trabeculae continuous with the substance of the trabeculae; ..."

3. Inside the Cell by Maya Pines (1990)
"It was discovered that the membranes of this endoplasmic reticulum all interconnect, forming a system of tubes and flattened sacs that is continuous with ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"Thus the coarser network of the trabecular system is continuous with the finer network of the reticulum. The reticulum of the lymphatic gland contained, ..."

5. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"In connection with this question it is of the highest importance to determine whether or not the chromosomes to which the reticulum gives rise in the ..."

6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1900)
"pearance of the reticulum is largely obscured. It is seen to best advantage near the periphery of the cell and in the larger protoplasmic processes (Plate ..."

7. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1898)
"(5) A cell network or cyto-reticulum, faintly colored cl in specimens not specially prepared, obscured by ; more deeply stained elements of the cell body. ..."

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