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ABOMASUM

\ɐbˈɒmasəm], \ɐbˈɒmasəm], \ɐ_b_ˈɒ_m_a_s_ə_m]\

Definitions of ABOMASUM

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The fourth stomach of ruminants.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: venter faliscus, ventriculus intestinalis. The fourth, or principal, stomach of a ruminant animal. The mucous coat of the a. of the calf, or a preparation made from it (termed rennet), is used for curdling milk in making cheese.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] The fourth stomach of a ruminant animal.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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