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omasum

[ oh-mey-suhm ]

noun

plural omasa
  1. the third stomach of a ruminant, between the reticulum and the abomasum; the manyplies.


omasum

/ əʊˈ³¾±ðɪ²õÉ™³¾ /

noun

  1. another name for psalterium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

omasum

/ Å-³¾Äå′²õÉ™³¾ /

, Plural omasa

  1. The third division of the stomach in ruminant animals. It removes excess water from food and further reduces the size of food particles before passing them to the abomasum for digestion by enzymes.
  2. See more at ruminant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of omasum1

1700–10; < New Latin, Latin ´Ç³¾Äå²õ³Ü³¾ bullock's tripe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of omasum1

C18: from Latin: bullock's tripe
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In a shallow bath of a hearty brown sauce of ground nuts and red oil sat part of one of the four chambers of a cow’s stomach, the rumen, or omasum, or perhaps the abomasum.

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The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum.

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The first stomach or paunch; b. the second stomach, bonnet, king's-hood, or honey-comb; o. the third stomach, or omasum; a. the fourth stomach, or abomasum; g. the gullet; py. the pylorus.

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Of the four stomachs, the rumen was full of food, the reticulum, the omasum, and the abomasum exhibited purple or livid spots, according to their place.

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From the omasum the food is finally deposited in the abomasum, a cavity considerably larger than either the second or third stomach, although less than the first.

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