DIVERTICULA

DIVERTICULUM

diverticulum

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

diverticula

plural of diverticulum

Source: Wiktionary


DIVERTICULUM

Div`er*tic"u*lum, n.; pl. Diverticula. Etym: [L. See Diverticle.] (Anat.)

Definition: A blind tube branching out of a longer one.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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