Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pouch or sac branching out from a hollow organ or structure, such as the intestine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any short side passage of the nature of a cul-de-sac or blind alley.
- noun In algol., a protrusion of protoplasm communicating with the fused procarp cells and the placenta.
- noun In anatomy, a cæcum; a blind tubular process; a hollow offset ending blindly; a cul-de-sac.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A small growth off an organ such as the
large intestine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A diverticulum is an out-pouching, or small pocket, in the wall of the large intestine.
Meckels Scan 2010
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As a rule the duct undergoes complete obliteration during the seventh week, but in about three per cent. of cases its proximal part persists as a diverticulum from the small intestine, Meckels diverticulum, which is situated about three or four feet above the ileocolic junction, and may be attached by a fibrous cord to the abdominal wall at the umbilicus.
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The Latin word diverticulum means 'wayside house of ill repute'; in medical terms, diverticulae are little pockets that form in the wall of the large intestine.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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The word she noted was "diverticulum," from "The Vault of the Drow."
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The pediatric caliceal diverticulum: diagnosis and laparoscopic management.
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The caecum is a branch or diverticulum of the intestine, ending in a cul-de-sac, and is extremely long in many of the lower vegetable-feeding mammals.
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Yes, it's either her gall bladder or scar tissue from the diverticulum surgery when she was 15.
Archive 2009-09-01 Molly Daniels 2009
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Again it was the presence of so many veterans made the real difference; Pompey and Crassus caught up to Censorinus on a diverticulum of the Via Flaminia between Fulginum and Spoletium, and didn't even need to fight a battle.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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When the thaw set in after the middle of March, Young Marius and his staff of legates moved from Rome to a camp outside the little town of Ad Pictas on the Via Labicana, a diverticulum which avoided the Alban Hills and rejoined the Via Latina at a place called Sacriportus.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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But this was not the best place from which to launch an attack on Rome, so when the great host drew close to the city, Pontius Telesinus and Brutus Damasippus took a diverticulum which brought them out on the Via Nomentana at the Colline Gate.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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