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omasus

omasus noun: the omasum.

Noun

omasus (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The omasum.
    • 1658: after a fuller mastication, and salivous mixture, what part thereof descendeth again, in a moist and succulent body, it slides down the softer and more permeable Orifice, into the Omasus or third stomack — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 192)

Origin of omasus

Misinterpretation of Latin omasum.

Questions about omasus

What does omasus mean?
Omasus means the omasum.
What part of speech is omasus?
Omasus is a noun.

Words near omasus in the dictionary

  1. omasa
  2. omasal
  3. omasitis
  4. omasum
  5. omasums
  6. omasus
  7. omata
  8. omathaun
  9. omathauns
  10. omato
  11. omaveloxolone

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