Etymology

abomasum

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Today it means: The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum; Full definition →

New Latin abomāsum
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromabomāsum
  2. English todayabomasum

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

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