rumen
rumen
Definition
ru·men (ro̵̅o̅′mən)
noun pl. -·mina-mə nə
the first stomach of a ruminant
Etymology: ModL < L, throat, gullet < IE *reusmen, rumination, throat > Sans rōmantha
rumen
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- sheep: Fate of genetically modified maize DNA in the oral cavity and rumen of sheep.
- cow: Predicting the apparent disappearance of starch in the rumen of cows from the in vitro gas production profile of their diet.
Modifies a noun
- fermentation: Thus, new methods must be found that will enable farmers to manipulate rumen fermentation to obtain benefits with their animals.
- microbe: But the ruminant is equipped with the rumen microbes to degrade and utilize such material for food production for humans.
- digestion: Rumen digestion alone left 27 % of seeds still able to germinate.
- fluid: No transformants were obtained after the plasmid DNA was exposed to silage effluent or rumen fluid for longer than 1 min.
- bacterium: The rumen bacteria and Archaea involved in these effects are under investigation.
- function: A comparative evaluation of models of whole rumen function.
Browse dictionary entries near rumen
- Rumelia
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- rumble strip
- rumble seat
- rumble
- rumba
- Rumania
- rumaki
- rum
- ruling
- Rumford
- ruminant
- ruminate
- rummage
- rummage sale
- rummer
- rummy
- rumor
- rumored
- rumormonger
