diverticulum
About 0.65 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
Similar words
pharyngoesophageal metanephric calyceal diverticle pseudodiverticulum meckel's diverticulum diverticulectomy diverticuli diverticulopexy zenker's diverticulum
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Word family
diverticula diverticular
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