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RUMEN

\ɹˈuːmɛn], \ɹˈuːmɛn], \ɹ_ˈuː_m_ɛ_n]\

Definitions of RUMEN

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The first stomach, or paunch of a ruminant.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The cud or first stomach of ruminating animals.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The first stomach of a ruminant; the cud.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Hypogastrium, Ingluvies.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

The first stomach of a cud-chewing mammal.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The paunch; in ruminants, the pouch, or, more properly, an esophageal dilatation into which the food first passes, and where it is retained, so as to be moistened or macerated, before it is returned to the mouth. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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