diverticulum
Americannoun
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diverticula
plural
noun
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diverticula
plural
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Etymology
Origin of diverticulum
1640–50; < Latin, variant of dēverticulum byway, tributary, means of escape, equivalent to dēverti- (combining form of dēvertere, equivalent to dē- de- + vertere to turn) + -culum -cule 2
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Ten and one-half hours before his scheduled March 15 swearing-in, Neves underwent emergency surgery for Meckel's diverticulum, an intestinal ailment.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Dulles' case there was a characteristic, unmistakable diverticulum.
From Time Magazine Archive
He got fat, a diverticulum or sac developed in the colon, and the sac became inflamed.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had a momentary vision of the abyss as a sort of diverticulum of Piccadilly and the Temple, a place unexpectedly rational and comfortable.
From The Sea Lady by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It has been the chagrin of skilled surgeons to find the diverticulum present functionally and roentgenographically precisely the same as before the performance of the very trying and difficult operation.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
As people age, their large intestines' walls grow weaker, and the pressure of passing hard stools may cause sacs, or diverticula, to form.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2021
In the symptom-free stage of diverticulosis there may be dozens of small diverticula scattered along the colon.
From Time Magazine Archive
A superstar need only be hospitalized: when Sinatra's diverticula act up, you know about it.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Nautilus the equivalents of the pancreatic diverticula of the Dibranchs can be traced upon the relatively shorter bile-ducts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
The dorsal branch sends a blind twig into each of the diverticula of the dorsal mantle-sinus, the ventral branch supplies the nephridia and neighbouring parts before reaching the ventral lobe of the mantle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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