RETICULUM (reticula)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: reticula   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Reticulum mean? 

• RETICULUM (noun)
  The noun RETICULUM has 3 senses:

1. a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus

2. any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)

3. the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

  Familiarity information: RETICULUM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETICULUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("reticulum" is a kind of...):

network; web (an interconnected system of things or people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reticulum"):

neural net; neural network (any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body)

Derivation:

reticular (resembling or forming a network)

reticulate (divide so as to form a network)

reticulate (distribute by a network, as of water or electricity)

reticulate (form a net or a network)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

reticulum; second stomach

Hypernyms ("reticulum" is a kind of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

Holonyms ("reticulum" is a part of...):

ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)

 Context examples 

This enzyme is an unspecific, membrane-bound, monooxygenase located in the endoplasmic reticulum.

(Cytochrome P450 2A5, NCI Thesaurus)

A cluster of ribosomes that is associated with the rough endoplasmic reticulum.

(Membrane-Attached Polyribosome, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the cellular response to endoplasmic reticulum stress.

(Cyclic AMP-Responsive Element-Binding Protein 3-Like Protein 3, NCI Thesaurus)

Ryanodine receptors mediate the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, an essential step in muscle contraction.

(Dantrolene, NCI Thesaurus)

A ribosome that is associated with the membrane of the rough endoplasmic reticulum.

(Membrane-Attached Ribosome, NCI Thesaurus)

A ribosome that is not associated with the membrane of the rough endoplasmic reticulum.

(Free Ribosome, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein may play a role in transport between the Golgi and the endoplasmic reticulum.

(Endoplasmic Reticulum-Golgi Intermediate Compartment Protein 3, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, this agent appears to induce the activity of protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK), which plays a key role in the endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway.

(PDK1 Inhibitor AR-12, NCI Thesaurus)

The cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP17A1, localized to the endoplasmic reticulum, exhibits both 17alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase activities, and plays a key role in the steroidogenic pathway that produces steroidal hormones.

(CYP17 Inhibitor CFG920, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2 protein, is involved in the modulation of cardiac muscle contractility.

(ATP2A2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)