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ruminal

ruminal adjective: of, relating to, or situated inside the rumen.

Adjective

ruminal (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or situated inside the rumen.
    • Mature, nonlactating Holstein cows were surgically modified so that ruminal contents could be removed directly from the rumen (IACUC protocol 95-1-97).1998 September 11, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez et al., “Grain Feeding and the Dissemination of Acid-Resistant Escherichia coli from Cattle”, in Science, volume 281, number 5383, →DOI, pages 1666–1668
    • Homologs of nifH were also present in human oral and bovine ruminal treponemes.2001 June 29, T. G. Lilburn et al., “Nitrogen Fixation by Symbiotic and Free-Living Spirochetes”, in Science, volume 292, number 5526, →DOI, pages 2495–2498
  2. That chews the cud.
    • a ruminal animal

Words formed from ruminal

Questions about ruminal

What does ruminal mean?
Ruminal means of, relating to, or situated inside the rumen.
What part of speech is ruminal?
Ruminal is an adjective.

Words near ruminal in the dictionary

  1. Rumi cheese
  2. Rumian
  3. rumicin
  4. Rumiko
  5. rumina
  6. ruminal
  7. ruminally
  8. ruminant
  9. ruminant meat
  10. ruminantly
  11. ruminants

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