Abomasum
the fourth or true stomach of cud-chewing animals, lying next to the .
historical examples
most, however, have four, the leaf stomach or psalterium being intercalated between the retinaculum and the abomasum.
the anatomy of the human peritoneum and abdominal cavity george. s. huntington
finally there is the abomasum, out of which proceeds the small intestine.
the cambridge natural history, vol x., mammalia frank evers beddard
these are called the paunch, the honeycomb stomach or bag, the manyplies and the abomasum.
the animal world, a book of natural history theodore wood
noun
the fourth and last compartment of the stomach of ruminants, which receives and digests food from the psalterium and p-sses it on to the small intestine
abomasum
(āb’ō-mā’səm)
plural abomasa
the fourth division of the stomach in ruminant animals, and the only one having glands that secrete acids and enzymes for digestion. it corresponds anatomically to the stomachs of other mammals. see more at ruminant.
Read Also:
- Abombi
abombi american board of minor brain injury
- Abomey
a city in sw benin. historical examples during nine months of the year the climate is tempered by a sea-breeze, which is felt as far inland as abomey 735 (60 m.). encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 7, slice 9 various da was, two hundred and fifty years ago, the king of the city of abomey. […]
- Abominably
repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome: an abominable crime. very unpleasant; disagreeable: the weather was abominable last week. very bad, poor, or inferior: they have abominable taste in clothes. historical examples it is abominably french, though france is pleasant in its own place. poor folk in spain jan gordon “i hear that he was abominably rude to […]
- Abomination of desolation
abomination of desolation (matt. 24:15; mark 13:14; comp. luke 21:20), is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the roman army, which were an abomination to the jews. these standards, rising over the site of the temple, were a sign that the holy place had fallen under the idolatrous romans. the references are to dan. […]
- Abondance
noun (cards) a variant spelling of abundance (sense 6)