psalterium
[sawl-teer-ee-uh m]
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noun, plural psal·te·ri·a [sawl-teer-ee-uh] /sɔlˈtɪər i ə/. Zoology.
the omasum.
Origin of psalterium
1855–60; < Late Latin psaltērium the Psalter, the folds of the omasum being likened to the leaves of a book
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Most, however, have four, the leaf stomach or psalterium being intercalated between the retinaculum and the abomasum.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal CavityGeorge. S. Huntington
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., MammaliaFrank 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., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
Psalterium juxta exemplar Alexandrinum bibliothecae regiae: Graecè, 8vo.
Brief Lives (Vol. 1 of 2)John Aubrey
And the fact that the "Psalterium Americanum" contained no musical notes or directions also militated against its use.
Sabbath in Puritan New EnglandAlice Morse Earle
psalterium
noun plural -teria (-ˈtɪərɪə)
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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