reticulum
nounEtymology Borrowed from Latin rēticulum (“net”). Doublet of reticle, reticule, and Reticulum.
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Biology, Natural sciences A network. For example, the endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
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A pattern of interconnected objects.
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Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology The second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant.
- As the young ruminant consumes forages, the reticulum, and particularly the rumen, develop rapidly.2013 [1966], Robert E. Hungate, The Rumen and Its Microbes, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 162:
- Derived terms
- pseudoreticulum, reticulitis, reticuloid, reticulon, rough endoplasmic reticulum, ruminoreticulum, sarcoplasmic reticulum, smooth endoplasmic reticulum
- Related terms
- reticle, reticular, reticulate, reticulated, reticulation, reticule, Reticulum