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A herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
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diverticulum
Word definitions for diverticulum in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) A small growth off an organ such as the large intestine.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) [also: diverticula (pl)]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"blind tube" (anatomical), 1819, Modern Latin, from Latin deverticulum "a bypath," from devertere "to turn aside" (see divert ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
As applied to mollusks , the New Latin term diverticulum is an anatomical feature. The term is most often encountered in the plural form as " diverticula ", "hepatic diverticula", or "digestive diverticula", which are anatomical terms for organs which are ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diverticulum \Div`er*tic"u*lum\, n.; pl. Diverticula . [L. See Diverticle .] (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one. [1913 Webster] ||
Usage examples of diverticulum.
We have nothing to do but to make this ball glance from that ball and hit that other ball, and to knock that ball with this ball into a certain caecal sacculus or diverticulum which our professional friend calls a pocket.
We have nothing to do but to make this ball glance from that ball and hit that other ball, and to knock that ball with this ball into a certain caecal sacculus or diverticulum which our professional friend calls a pocket.