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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
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) [also: diverticula (pl)]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A diverticulum (plural: diverticula ) is the medical or biological term for an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid-filled) structure in the body. Depending upon which layers of the structure are involved, they are described as being either true or false. ...
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 ).
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] ||
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) A small growth off an organ such as the large intestine.
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.