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haggis (medicine) and pharyngeal isthmus (medicine)


haggis (medicine)


haggis


A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc, of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc, highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck.

Alternative forms: haggiss, haggess, and haggies.

Origin: Scot. Hag to hack, chop, E. Hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. Hachis (E. Hash), fr. Hacher.

Source: Websters Dictionary


pharyngeal isthmus (medicine)


pharyngeal isthmus


Communicating space between nasopharynx and oropharynx, sealed off by elevation of the soft palate and contraction of portions of the superior pharyngeal constrictor (palatopharyngal sphincter) during swallowing.