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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 digestionplay

    Synonyms:

    breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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

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