psal·te·ri·um (sôl-tîr  - m)n. pl. psal·te·ri·a (-tîr -) The omasum. [Late Latin psalt rium, psalter (so called because when slit open its folds fall apart like the leaves of a book); see Psalter.]psal·te ri·al adj. |
psalterium [sɔːlˈtɪərɪəm]
n pl -teria [-ˈtɪərɪə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants, between the reticulum and abomasum Also called omasum
[from Latin psaltērium Psalter; from the similarity of its folds to the pages of a book]
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| Noun | 1. |  psalterium - the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminantruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments stomach, tum, tummy, breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion |
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