reticulum (redirected from reticulum (1) cell)

re·tic·u·lum  (r-tky-lm)

n. pl. re·tic·u·la (-l)

1. A netlike formation or structure; a network.

2. Zoology The second compartment of the stomach of ruminant mammals, lined with a membrane having honeycombed ridges.

3. Reticulum A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Dorado and Horologium.

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[Latin rticulum, diminutive of rte, net.]

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reticulum  (r-tky-lm)

Plural reticula

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. See more at ruminant.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Reticulum - a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus
	2.	reticulum - any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) neural net, neural network - any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body network, web - an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth"
	3.	reticulum - the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant second stomach ruminant - 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