Abomasum \Ab`o*ma"sum\, Abomasus \Ab`o*ma"sus\, n. [NL., fr. L. ab + omasum (a Celtic word).] (Anat.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See {Ruminantia}.
abomasum n : the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place [syn: {fourth stomach}]