psalterialadj.
/sɔːlˈtɪərɪəl/, /sɒlˈtɪərɪəl/, U.S. /ˌsɔlˈtɪriəl/, /ˌsɑlˈtɪriəl/ Anatomy and Zoology. Now rare.
Of or relating to the psalterium (of the brain or the stomach); of the nature of or derived from the psalterium.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > [adjective] > relating to stomachs of
psalterial1865
reticular1889
ruminal1910
omasal1923
1865 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 155 634 As its free edge forms the hinder boundary of the region called the ‘psalterium’ in human anatomy, the fibres composing it may be distinguished as the ‘psalterial fibres’ of the corpus callosum.
1880 H. C. Bastian Brain 274 The mode in which the Corpus Callosum and the Fornix are united posteriorly by the psalterial fibres.
1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The psalterial aperture of the reticulum; the psalterial laminæ.
1910 Lancet 1 Jan. 5/1 He would not admit that the upper commissure of the marsupial was wholly psalterial.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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