haustra? sm

Posted By: Txczech on 2007-05-29
In Reply to: one hauster away from the ileocecal valve? - Aaron

Subject: haustra? sm

haustrum, pl. haustra

hosctrm, hawcstr^

[TA]; One of a series of saccules or pouches, so called because of a fancied resemblance to the buckets on a water wheel.

Origin

[L. a machine for drawing water, fr. haurio, pp. haustus, to draw up, drink up]

haustra coli

haustra of colon

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not sure how he would be using it...but there is such a word.