diverticulum

Noun

di=ver=tic=u=lum

WORDNET DICTIONARY

diverticulum(n = noun.state) Array - a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon); Array

has particulars: meckel's diverticulum

diverticulum, n. (pl. diverticula) Anat. a blind tube forming at weak points in a cavity or passage esp. of the alimentary tract.

Derivative

diverticulosis n.

Etymology

med.L, var. of L deverticulum byway f. devertere (as DE-, vertere turn)

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