English Explanatory Dictionary

abomasum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
  2. The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum; the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.
  3. the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.

Pronunciation

/ˌæb.oʊˈmeɪ.səm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-abomasum.wav

Word forms

abomasum abomasa abomasums abomasus

Etymology

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

Synonyms

rennet stomach rennet bag reed tripe

Derived words

abomasal abomasitis

Translations

Afrikaans: melkpens Albanian: mullëz Amharic: ወተት ኣንጀት Arabic: إِنْفَحَة Aramaic: ܥܢܘܝܬܐ Armenian: շրդան Armenian: խախածոց Azerbaijani: qursaq Basque: abomaso Belarusian: сычу́г Breton: kaouledenn Bulgarian: сирищник Chinese Mandarin: 皺胃 /皱胃 Corsican: caghjarella Czech: slez Danish: abomasum Dutch: leb Dutch: lebmaag Elfdalian: kęse Esperanto: abomaso Estonian: libedik Estonian: libemagu Faroese: vinstur Finnish: juoksutusmaha French: caillette Galician: abomaso Galician: calleira German: Labmagen Ancient Greek: ἤνυστρον Hebrew: קיבת המיצים Hungarian: oltógyomor Icelandic: vinstur Icelandic: vigur Ido: acidostomako Ingush: шоа Interlingua: abomaso Irish: abomasam Italian: abomaso Japanese: ギアラ Kannada: ನಿಜೊಡಲು Kannada: ನೈಜಜಠರ Kazakh: ұлтабар Korean: 주름위 Korean: 제4 위 Korean: 추위 Korean: 막창 Korean: 홍창 Central Kurdish: شیلاوِک Northern Kurdish: şîlavk Latin: abomāsum
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