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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
- 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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