abomasus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ab′ə mā′səs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ab•o•ma•sus  (ab′ə mā′səs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -si (-sī).USA pronunciation 
  1. Zoologyabomasum.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ab•o•ma•sum  (ab′ə mā′səm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sa (-sə).USA pronunciation 
  1. Zoologythe fourth or true stomach of cud-chewing animals, lying next to the omasum. See diag. under ruminant. 
  • Neo-Latin; see ab-, omasum
  • 1700–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
abomasum /ˌæbəˈmeɪsəm/, abomasus /ˌæbəˈmeɪsəs/ n ( pl -sa /-sə/, -si /-saɪ/)
  1. the fourth and last compartment of the stomach of ruminants, which receives and digests food from the psalterium and passes it on to the small intestine
Etymology: 18th Century: New Latin, from ab-1 + omāsum bullock's tripe
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