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rumen Definition

ru·men (ro̵̅o̅mən)

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.

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