The abomasa of sheep grazing on natural pastures in the highveld of Zimbabwe were examined at Mt. Hampden abattoir between October 1985 and September 1986 for H. contortus. Of 304 abomasa, 213 (70%) harboured H. contortus.
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Abomasum
/ˌæb.oʊˈmeɪ.səm/
Synonyms for "abomasum" (22 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: abdomen, bay window, beerbelly, belly, craw.
- Sentence evidence is available for abomasum, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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More general
4 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 74 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- melkpens noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Albanian
1 entries- mullëz noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Amharic
1 entries- ወተት ኣንጀት noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἤνυστρον noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Arabic
1 entries- إِنْفَحَة noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܥܢܘܝܬܐ noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Armenian
2 entries- խախածոց noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- շրդան noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qursaq noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Basque
1 entries- abomaso noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Belarusian
1 entries- сычу́г noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Breton
1 entries- kaouledenn noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сирищник noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- شیلاوِک noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 皺胃 /皱胃 noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Corsican
1 entries- caghjarella noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Czech
1 entries- slez noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Danish
1 entries- abomasum noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Dutch
2 entries- leb noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- lebmaag noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Elfdalian
1 entries- kęse noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Esperanto
1 entries- abomaso noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Estonian
2 entries- libedik noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- libemagu noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Faroese
1 entries- vinstur noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Finnish
1 entries- juoksutusmaha noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
French
1 entries- caillette noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Galician
2 entries- abomaso noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- calleira noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
German
1 entries- Labmagen noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Hebrew
1 entries- קיבת המיצים noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Hungarian
1 entries- oltógyomor noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Icelandic
2 entries- vigur noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- vinstur noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Ido
1 entries- acidostomako noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Inari Sami
1 entries- togge noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Ingush
1 entries- шоа noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Interlingua
1 entries- abomaso noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Irish
1 entries- abomasam noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Italian
1 entries- abomaso noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Japanese
1 entries- ギアラ noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Kannada
2 entries- ನಿಜೊಡಲು noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- ನೈಜಜಠರ noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұлтабар noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Kildin Sami
1 entries- тоаӈӈьк noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Korean
4 entries- 막창 noun (reed tripe (food))
- 제4 위 noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- 주름위 noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- 추위 noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Latin
1 entries- abomāsum noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Latvian
1 entries- glumenieks noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Limburgish
1 entries- lebmaag noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šliužas noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Lule Sami
2 entries- dågge noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- tåggē noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Malagasy
1 entries- vavoninkena noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Malay
1 entries- abomasum noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Middle English
1 entries- rede noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- şîlavk noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Northern Sami
2 entries- doggi noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- dogˈge noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- løypemage noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- løypemage noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Persian
1 entries- شیردان noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Pite Sami
1 entries- dågˈge noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Polish
2 entries- trawieniec noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- trawieniec noun (reed tripe (food))
Portuguese
2 entries- abomaso noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- coalho noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Romanian
1 entries- cheag noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Russian
1 entries- сычу́г noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sȉrīšte noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- си̏рӣште noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- tå´ǧǧ noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Slovak
1 entries- slez noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Slovene
1 entries- siriščnik noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Spanish
1 entries- abomaso noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Swedish
1 entries- löpmage noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Ter Sami
1 entries- тоӈӈьге noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Thai
1 entries- อะโบมาซัม noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Turkish
1 entries- abomazum noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Tuvan
1 entries- борбуяк noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сичу́г noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Ume Sami
1 entries- dåggee noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dạ múi khế noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- dạ túi khế noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Walloon
1 entries- molete noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Welsh
2 entries- abomaswm noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
- cylla noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Yiddish
1 entries- קיטניצע noun (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
Digesta, which are compressed inside the omasal body, are forced onwards into the abomasum by a gradually increasing and prolonged contraction of the omasal body (which starts after the first or second contraction of the omasal canal).
Source: wiktionary
In the newborn ruminant the abomasum is about as large as the rumen and remains relatively large as long as only milk is consumed (Brugnone, 1809).
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "abomasum"?
Closest matches include abdomen, bay window, beerbelly, belly, craw.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "abomasum"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.