RUMEN

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 18

(Lat.), n. n. Ru2m(ni4m)'e!1n. Gen., rum'in is. Fr., panse. Ger., Pansen, Panzen. The paunch; in ruminants, the pouch, or, more properly, an cesophageal dilatation into which the food first pa es, and where it is retained, so as to be moistened or macerated, before it is returned to the mouth. [L-] [s. 421]