English

Alternative forms

• abomasus

Noun

abomasum ‎(plural abomasa)

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

Synonyms

• rennet stomach

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.boˈmaː.sum/, [a.bɔˈmaː.sũ]

Noun

abomāsum n ‎(genitive abomāsī); second declension

1. abomasum

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: abomasum
• Malay: abomasum
• Portuguese: abomaso

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abomasum/

Noun

abomasum ‎(Jawi spelling ابوماسوم)

1. (anatomy) Abomasum (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)