Abomasum Definition

ăbō-māsəm

abomasa

noun

The fourth, or digesting, chamber of the stomach of a cud-chewing animal, as the cow.

Webster's New World

The fourth division of the stomach in ruminant animals, such as cows, sheep, and deer, in which digestion takes place.

American Heritage Medicine

(anatomy) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum.

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Other Word Forms of Abomasum

Singular:

abomasum

Plural:

abomasa, abomasums

New Latin, from Latin ab (“away from”) + omāsum (“tripe of a bullock”)

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