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abomasum

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • US: /ˌæb.oʊˈmeɪ.səm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, food, lifestyle, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 1996 [1991, Ellis Horwood Limited], R. K. Robinson, A. Y. Tamime, Feta & Related Cheeses, Woodhead Publishing Limited, page 54, Traditionally, coagulation of the milk for Feta cheese manufacture was achieved using rennet produced by cheesemakers themselves from the abomasa of lambs and kids slaughtered before weaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rennet stomach, rennet bag, reed tripe

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 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.

the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, food, lifestyle, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rennet stomach, rennet bag, reed tripe

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fourth stomach

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stomach, tummy, tum, breadbasket

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: melkpens — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Albanian: mullëz — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Amharic: ወተት ኣንጀት (wätät ʾanǧät) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Arabic: إِنْفَحَة (ʔinfaḥa) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Aramaic: ܥܢܘܝܬܐ (ʿənawwīṯā) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Armenian: շրդան (šrdan) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Armenian: խախածոց (xaxacocʻ) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Asturian: cuayar — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Asturian: cuayarina — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Asturian: cuayeru — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Azerbaijani: qursaq — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Basque: abomaso — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Belarusian: сычу́г (syčúh) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Breton: kaouledenn — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Bulgarian: сирищник (sirištnik) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皺胃 /皱胃 (zhòuwèi) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Corsican: caghjarella — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Czech: slez — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Danish: abomasum — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Dutch: leb — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Dutch: lebmaag — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Elfdalian: kęse — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Esperanto: abomaso — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Estonian: libedik — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Estonian: libemagu — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Faroese: vinstur — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Finnish: juoksutusmaha — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • French: caillette — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Galician: abomaso — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Galician: calleira — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • German: Labmagen — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Ancient Greek: ἤνυστρον (ḗnustron) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Hebrew: קיבת המיצים (kevát hamitsím) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Hungarian: oltógyomor — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Icelandic: vinstur — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Icelandic: vigur — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Ido: acidostomako — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Ingush: шоа (šoa) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Interlingua: abomaso — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Irish: abomasam — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Italian: abomaso — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Japanese: ギアラ (giara) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Kannada: ನಿಜೊಡಲು (nijoḍalu) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Kannada: ನೈಜಜಠರ (naijajaṭhara) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Kazakh: ұлтабар (ūltabar) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Korean: 주름위 (jureumwi) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Korean: 제4 위 (jesa wi) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Korean: 추위 (chuwi) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Central Kurdish: شیلاوِک (şîlawik) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Northern Kurdish: şîlavk — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Latin: abomāsum — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Latvian: glumenieks — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Limburgish: lebmaag — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Lithuanian: šliužas — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Macedonian: сириште (sirište) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Malagasy: vavoninkena — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Malay: abomasum — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Middle English: rede — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løypemage — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: løypemage — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Persian: شیردان — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Polish: trawieniec — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Portuguese: abomaso — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Portuguese: coalho — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Romanian: cheag — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Russian: сычу́г (syčúg) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Inari-Sami: togge — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Kildin-Sami: тоаӈӈьк (tåŋŋ’k) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Lule-Sami: dågge — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Lule-Sami: tåggē — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Northern Sami: doggi — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Northern Sami: dogˈge — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Pite Sami: dågˈge — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Skolt-Sami: tå ́ǧǧ — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Ter Sami: тоӈӈьге (toŋŋʼg’e) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Ume-Sami: dåggee — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Serbo-Croatian: си̏рӣште — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȉrīšte — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Slovak: slez — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Slovene: siriščnik — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Southern Altai: јумур (ǰumur) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Spanish: abomaso — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Swedish: löpmage — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Thai: อะโบมาซัม (à boh-maa sam) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Turkish: abomazum — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Turkish: şirden — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Tuvan: борбуяк (borbuyak) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Ukrainian: сичу́г (syčúh) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Vietnamese: dạ túi khế — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Vietnamese: dạ múi khế — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Walloon: molete — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Welsh: cylla — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Welsh: abomaswm — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Yiddish: קיטניצע (kitnitse) — fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant
  • Korean: 막창 (makchang) — reed tripe (food)
  • Korean: 홍창 (hongchang) — reed tripe (food)
  • Polish: trawieniec — reed tripe (food)