psalterium

[ sawl-teer-ee-uhm ]

/ sɔlˈtɪər i əm /

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noun, plural psal·te·ri·a

[sawl-teer-ee-uh]. /sɔlˈtɪər i ə/. Zoology.

the omasum.

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Origin of psalterium

1855–60; <Late Latin psaltērium the Psalter, the folds of the omasum being likened to the leaves of a book

OTHER WORDS FROM psalterium

psal·te·ri·al, adjective

Words nearby psalterium

psalmist, psalmody, Psalms, Psalms, Book of, Psalter, psalterium, psaltery, psammite, psammocarcinoma, psammoma, psammoma body

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How to use psalterium in a sentence

Item aliud psalterium glosatum inpignoratum penes Isabellam Siccadona.
Notes and Queries, No. 2, November 10 1849|Various
And the fact that the "Psalterium Americanum" contained no musical notes or directions also militated against its use.
Sabbath in Puritan New England|Alice Morse Earle
I have read the "Psalterium Americanum" with care, and am impressed with its elegance, finish, and dignity.
Sabbath in Puritan New England|Alice Morse Earle
The psalterium is reduced to a mere vestige, and so the stomach has, as in the Tragulina, but three chambers.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

Garrod has observed that the chamber of the stomach which varies most among the Pecora is the psalterium.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

British Dictionary definitions for psalterium

psalterium

/ (sɔːlˈtɪərɪəm) /

noun plural -teria (-ˈtɪərɪə)

the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants, between the reticulum and abomasumAlso called: omasum

Word Origin for psalterium

C19: from Latin psaltērium Psalter; from the similarity of its folds to the pages of a book

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