reticulum

IPA: rɪtˈɪkjʌɫʌm

Root Word: Reticulum

(astronomy) A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.
(Chinese, astronomy) Classified as two of 23 "Southern Asterisms" (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngqū)
(biology) A network. For example, the endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
A pattern of interconnected objects.
(zoology) The second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant.
(cooking) The tripe made from the second compartment of the stomach of a cow (or other ruminant).

Examples of "reticulum" in Sentences

The reticulum is the smallest, with a capacity of about one-half gallon.
These two proteins reside in the endoplasmic reticulum, which is a major site of protein synthesis.
The researchers also looked at the endoplasmic reticulum, which is where the folding process of proteins occurs in a cell.
And connected with it near to the entry of the oesophagus is what from its appearance is termed the ‘reticulum’ (or honeycomb bag); for outside it is like the stomach, but inside it resembles a netted cap; and the reticulum is a great deal smaller than the stomach.
From this bag (the paunch) in the act of rumination a certain portion of the food is ejected into the second chamber, which is termed the reticulum (i.e. a little net) from the peculiar arrangement of its inner or mucous surface, which is lined with a network of shallow hexagonal cells.
Its structure is that of an ordinary cell-nucleus, viz., it consists of a reticulum or karyomitome, the meshes of which are filled with karyoplasm, while connected with, or imbedded in, the reticulum are a number of chromatin masses or chromosomes, which may present the appearance of a skein or may assume the form of rods or loops.