Medical Definition of Haustrum
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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
(05 Mar 2000)
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