Medical term:
haustrum
haustrum
[haws´trum] (pl. haus´tra) (L.)one of the pouches of the colon, produced by adaptation of its length to the taenia coli, or by collection of circular muscle fibers 1 or 2 cm apart; the haustra are responsible for the sacculated appearance of the colon. 
Haustrum. From Dorland's, 2000.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
haus·trum
, pl.haus·tra
(haw'strŭm, haw'stră), [TA] The correct plural of this word is haustra, not haustrae.One of a series of saccules or pouches, so called because of a fancied resemblance to the buckets on a water wheel.
[L. a machine for drawing water, fr. haurio, pp. haustus, to draw up, drink up]
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haus·trum
, pl. haustra (haws'trŭm, -ă) [TA]One of a series of saccules or pouches, so called because of a supposed resemblance to the buckets on a water wheel.
[L. a machine for drawing water, fr. haurio, pp. haustus, to draw up, drink up]
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