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Definition of Rumen
1. Noun. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing.
Group relationships: Ruminant
Generic synonyms: Breadbasket, Stomach, Tum, Tummy
Derivative terms: Ruminate
Definition of Rumen
1. n. The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.
Definition of Rumen
1. Noun. The first stomach of ruminants ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rumen
1. a part of the stomach of a ruminant [n -MINA or -MENS] : RUMINAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Rumen
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumen
Literary usage of Rumen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1907)
"Should the condition be neglected paralysis of the rumen may follow. (2.)
Paralysis of the rumen.—The most important symptom is loss of appetite and ..."
2. Text Book of Veterinary Medicine by James Law (1900)
"The condition is a combination of paresis of the rumen and gaseous fermentation
of its ... It commences in paresis of the rumen in the weak, debilitated, ..."
3. Book on the Physician Himself and Things that Concern His Reputation and Successby Daniel Webster Cathell by Daniel Webster Cathell (1889)
"The walls of the rumen, by their contractions and resulting movements, ...
STOMACH OF THE Ox. (Colin.1 A, rumen (left hemisphere); It. rumen t right ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1872)
"The secretion of the rumen being allied to the secretion of saliva, ... A further
function of the rumen is to expel, governed by the will of the animal, ..."
5. Cattle: Their Management, Treatment and Diseases by William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1853)
"Sometimes it is even necessary to puncture the distended rumen in the left flank,
... The rumen is overloaded; its contents, from the effects of warmth and ..."
6. Special Pathology and Therapeutics of the Diseases of Domestic Animals by Ferenc Hutyra, Josef Marek (1913)
"The same impression is created by a rectal exploration of the rumen ; frequently
this method ... The animals try to avoid firm pressure upon the rumen. ..."
7. The Control of Hunger in Health and Disease by Anton Julius Carlson (1916)
"By a balloon method and with a fistula in the rumen, Dr. Schalk and the writer
... We started the work on the rumen, as this corresponds to the cardiac or ..."
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