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n. A pouch or sac branching out from a hollow organ or structure, such as the intestine.

n. A small growth off an organ such as the large intestine.

n. A blind tube branching out of a longer one.

n. In anatomy, a cæcum; a blind tubular process; a hollow offset ending blindly; a cul-de-sac.

n. Any short side passage of the nature of a cul-de-sac or blind alley.

n. In algol., a protrusion of protoplasm communicating with the fused procarp cells and the placenta.

n. a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)

"A diverticulum is an out-pouching, or small pocket, in the wall of the large intestine."

pulsiondiverticulum    true diverticulum    diverticulum superius ventriculi tertii    traction diverticulum    meckel's diverticulum    false diverticulum   

diverticula   

diverticulitis    diverticulectomy    diverticular    diverticulopexy    diverticulogram   

curriculum   

hypermobility    micronuclei    urothelium    microflora    suppository    meatus    calculi    eroticism    mucosa    carcinogenesis