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The fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
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abomasum
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The abomasum , also known as the maw , rennet-bag , or reed tripe , is the fourth and final stomach compartment in ruminants . It secretes rennet , which is used in cheese creation. The word abomasum is from New Latin and it was first used in English in ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abomasum \Ab`o*ma"sum\, ||Abomasus \Ab`o*ma"sus\, n. [NL., fr. L. ab + omasum (a Celtic word).] (Anat.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia .
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n. the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place [syn: fourth stomach ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum.
Usage examples of abomasum.
After the remasticated food has reached the manyplies, the groove in the reticulum is pushed open by a fresh bolus, and so the process is repeated until the food consumed has all passed on towards the abomasum or true digestive stomach.