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Definition of Fourth stomach

1. Noun. The fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourth Stomach

Literary usage of Fourth stomach

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1806)
"The glandular projection opposed to the orifice of the pylorus. k, The pylorus, or termination of the fourth stomach. Plate XVII. ..."

2. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Vickers T. Atkinson, William Dickson, William Heyser Harbaugh, James Law, John Robbins Mohler, A. J. Murray, William Herbert Lowe, Leonard Pearson, Brayton Howard Ransom, Milton R. Trumbower, Richard West Hickma (1916)
"... or fourth stomach; e, esophagus, or gullet, opening into the first and second stomachs; /, opening of fourth stomach Into small Intestine; g, ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1897)
"The fourth stomach shows bright vascular injection of its mucous membrane, ... The fourth stomach has already been opened ; its mucous membrane is slightly ..."

4. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"The fourth stomach also, in each of them, has a smooth internal surface, with orifices of glands opening into its cavity. The first stomach appears not to ..."

5. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1843)
"TLe fourth stomach contained a liquid mixed with some parts of plants, ... The sides of the folds or valvules of the fourth stomach were covered with a ..."

6. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1868)
"Upon examining the stomach of a foetal calf shortly before birth, and observing how greatly the fourth stomach surpassed in size the other three, ..."

7. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle and on Cattle Feeding by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, D. E. Salmon (1892)
"... or fourth stomach; c, œsophagus or gullet opening into first and second stomachs; /, opening of fourth stomach into small intestine: g, ..."

8. A Practical Guide to Meat Inspection by Thomas Walley (1902)
"Portion of Third Stomach of Cow. Malignant Catarrh from exposure to foul air in the hold of a ship. Section of fourth stomach of Cow. ..."

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