haustrum
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːstɹəm/
Noun
haustrum (plural haustra or haustrae)
- (anatomy) Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.
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Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhau̯s.trum/, [ˈhäu̯s̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯s.trum/, [ˈäu̯st̪rum]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | haustrum | haustra |
Genitive | haustrī | haustrōrum |
Dative | haustrō | haustrīs |
Accusative | haustrum | haustra |
Ablative | haustrō | haustrīs |
Vocative | haustrum | haustra |
References
- “haustrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- haustrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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