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Definition of: reticulum
(ri·tik′yə·ləm) noun plural ·la (-lə)
1. Anat. A protoplasmic network of cells or cellular tissue.
2. Zool. The honeycomb bag or second stomach of a ruminant, with the lining membrane raised into folds forming hexagonal cells. [<L, dim. of rete net. Doublet of RETICLE.]
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