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1. (n.) diverticulum
a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, esp. an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
Etymology: (1640–50; < L, var. of dēverticulum byway, tributary, means of escape =dēverti- (comb. form of dēvertere to turn away, divert =dē-de - +vertere to turn) +-culum -cule2)
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1. (noun) diverticulum
a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
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1. (noun) diverticulum
a blind tube branching out of a longer one
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1. diverticulum
A pouch or sac developed from a tubular or saccular organ, such as the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.
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