Look up: diverticulum


  1. Diverticulum
    A diverticulum (plural: diverticula) is medical or biological term for an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid-filled) structure in the body. Depending upon which layers of the structure are involved, they are described as being either true or false. In medicine, the term usually implies the structu...
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  2. diverticulum
    [n] - a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=diverticulum

  3. Diverticulum
    A pouch formed by diverticulosis.
    Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf

  4. Diverticulum
    Diverticulum: A small bulging sac pushing outward from the colon wall is a diverticulum. As a person ages, pressure within the large intestine (colon) causes pockets of tissue (sacs) that push out from the colon walls. The plural is diverticula. Diverticula can occur throughout the colon but are mos...
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  5. Diverticulum
    Div`er·tic'u·lum noun ; plural Diverticula . [ Latin See Diverticle .] (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/102

  6. diverticulum
    <anatomy, surgery> A small sac-like structure that sometimes forms in the walls of the intestines, diverticula can trap particles of food (especially small seeds and undigested grains) and become very inflammed and painful (this condition is called diverticulitis). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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  7. diverticulum
    noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
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  8. diverticulum
    (di″vәr-tik´u-lәm) pl. diverti´cula a circumscribed pouch or sac occurring normally or created by herniation of the lining mucous membrane through a defect in the muscular coat of a tubular organ.
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  1. Diverticulum
    • (n.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one.
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  2. diverticulum
    any small pouch or sac that forms in the wall of a major organ of the human body. Diverticula form most commonly in the esophagus, small intestine, ... [4 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/58

  3. diverticulum
    diverticulum (s), diverticula (pl) 1. A circumscribed pouch or sac of variable size occurring normally or created by herniation of the lining mucous membrane through a defect in the muscular coat of a tubular organ. 2. A sac or pouch in the walls of a canal or organ. 3. A pouch or sac opening from a...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/659/

  4. diverticulum
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dī′vĕr-tik′yū-lŭm, dī′vĕr-tik′yū-lă Definitions: 1. A pouch or sac opening from a tubular or saccular organ, such as the gut or bladder.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=26251

  5. diverticulum
    Latin = by-road, hence a blind tubular process or sac.
    Found op http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi?

  6. Diverticulum
    Blind pouch (a pocket or closed branch)
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  7. diverticulum
    A small pouch or sac that bulges out from the wall of a hollow organ, such as the colon.
    Found op http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=D

  8. diverticulum
    1) Hernia 2) Herniation
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/diverticulum/1

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