| rumina | The pleural of rumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ruminal | <zoology> Ruminant; ruminating. Origin: L. Ruminalis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ruminant | <zoology> Chewing the cud; characterised by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia. Origin: L. Ruminans, -antis, p.pr., cf. F. Ruminant. See Ruminate. <zoology> A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ruminantia | <zoology> A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies. The vegetable food, after the first mastication, enters the first stomach (r). It afterwards passes into the second (n), where it is moistened, and formed into pellets which the animal has the power of bringing back to the mouth to be chewed again, after which it is swallowed into the third stomach (m), whence it passes to the fourth (s), where it is finally digested. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ruminants | A suborder of the order artiodactyla whose members have the distinguishing feature of a four-chambered stomach. Horns or antlers are usually present, at least in males. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ruminate | <plant biology> Mottled in appearance, for example of bark, or of the food reserves in a seed. (17 Dec 1997) |
| ruminated | <botany> Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rumination | 1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud. "Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it." (Arbuthnot) 2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. "Retiring full of rumination sad." (Thomson) 3. <physiology> The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, occasionally oberved as a morbid phenomenon in man. Origin: L. Ruminatio: cf. F. Rumination. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rumination disorder | A mental disorder occurring in infancy characterised by repeated regurgitation of food; usually accompanied by weight loss or failure to gain weight. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ruminative | Characterised by a preoccupation with certain thoughts and ideas. (05 Mar 2000) |