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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-tik-yuh-luh m
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtɪk yə ləm

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Définition of reticulum

Origin :
  • 1650s, "second stomach of a ruminant" (so called from the folds of the membrane), from Latin reticulum "a little net" (see reticulate (adj.)). The word was later given various uses in biology, cytology, histology, etc., and made a southern constellation by La Caille (1763).
  • As in net : noun mesh, web
Example sentences :
  • Reticulum, the Net, is a small constellation to the east of Hydrus and Horologium.
  • Extract from : « Astronomical Curiosities » by J. Ellard Gore
  • The filaments form a reticulum in the meshes of which are contained the other elements.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • The reticulum within the fruit is similar to that of the foregoing species.
  • Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  • Further, we find that the reticulum within the nucleus is made up of two very different parts.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Living Machine » by H. W. Conn
  • One portion is apparently identical with the reticulum of the cell substance (Fig. 23, d).
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Living Machine » by H. W. Conn
  • In this way the nerve trunks are developed—by a gathering up, so to speak, of the fibres of the reticulum into bundles.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 » by Various
  • The yolk is contained in the meshes of this reticulum in the manner already described for other ova.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
  • It is even held that these fibres penetrate the cell walls and connect adjoining cells, so that the entire body is a reticulum.
  • Extract from : « A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) » by Henry Smith Williams

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