haustrumn.
/ˈhɔːstrəm/ Anatomy.
Each of the small sacs enclosed by folds in the colon.
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sigmoid flexure1786
splenic flexure1808
haustrum1889
sigmoid1891
sigmoid colon1896
1826 J. Lizars Syst. Anat. Plates Descriptions of Plates. xi. 30 These bands purse the colon into these peculiar pouches or cells [Note Syn. Cellulæ seu haustra] so characteristic of this intestine.]
1889 A. Macalister Text-bk. Human Anat. §257. 405 Its [sc. the colon's] cavity is to some extent sacculated, the haustra, or pouches being separated by crescentic plicæ sigmoideæ.
1903 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 3) Haustrum, the recess made by one of the sacculations of the colon.
1959 R. D. Lockhart et al. Anat. Human Body 522 Compared with the smooth small intestine, the large is sacculated along its length, the sacculations or haustra bulging between three equidistant longitudinal bands.
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ˈhaustral adj.
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haustral1913
1913 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 7) 411/2 Haustral, pertaining to the haustra of the colon.
1936 Med. Rec. 1 Jan. 28/1 The loss of haustral markings with and without dilatation, was found much less frequently.
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