rumen

American  

[roo-min] / ˈru mɪn /

noun

rumina plural

1. the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.

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rumen British  

/ ˈruːmɛn /

noun

1. the first compartment of the stomach of ruminants, behind the reticulum, in which food is partly digested before being regurgitated as cud

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rumen Scientific  

/ ro̅o̅′mən /

1. The first and largest division of the stomach in ruminant animals, in which the food is fermented by microorganisms.

2. See more at ruminant

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• rumina
  plural

Etymology

Origin of rumen

First recorded in 1720–30, rumen is from the Latin word rūmen throat, gullet