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TUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
Synonyms:
breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tum" is a kind of...):
internal organ; viscus (a main organ that is situated inside the body)
Meronyms (parts of "tum"):
arteria gastrica; gastric artery (the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach)
gastric vein; vena gastrica (one of several veins draining the stomach walls)
gastroepiploic vein; gastroomental vein; vena gastroomentalis (one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach)
epigastric fossa; pit of the stomach (a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tum"):
craw; crop (a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food)
first stomach; rumen (the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing)
reticulum; second stomach (the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant)
omasum; psalterium; third stomach (the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant)
abomasum; fourth stomach (the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place)
Holonyms ("tum" is a part of...):
alimentary canal; alimentary tract; digestive tract; digestive tube; gastrointestinal tract; GI tract (tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb tum
