Definition of Ruminal

1. a. Ruminant; ruminating.

Definition of Ruminal

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or situated inside the rumen ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruminal

1. rumen [adj] - See also: rumen

Medical Definition of Ruminal

1. Ruminant; ruminating. Origin: L. Ruminalis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruminal

rumbunctiousness
rumbustious
rumbustiously
rumbustiousness
rumdum
rumdums
rume
rumen
rumenitis
rumenotomy
rumens
rumes
rumican
rumicin
rumina
ruminal (current term)
ruminant
ruminantia
ruminantly
ruminants
ruminate
ruminated
ruminates
ruminating
ruminatingly
rumination
rumination disorder
ruminations
ruminative
ruminatively

Literary usage of Ruminal

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

1. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"Morphological diversity of ruminal bacteriophages from sheep and cattle. ... Estimation of ruminal bacteriophage numbers by pulsed-field gel elec- ..."

2. The Topography and Antiquities of Rome: Including Recent Discoveries Made by Richard Burgess (1831)
"44 As the Lupercal and the ruminal fig-tree probably never had any existence except in the fancy of ... and it seems the ruminal fig-tree was then in the ..."

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