DIVERTICULUM (diverticula)

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Irregular inflected form: diverticula   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does diverticulum mean? 

• DIVERTICULUM (noun)
  The noun DIVERTICULUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DIVERTICULUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIVERTICULUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("diverticulum" is a kind of...):

hernia; herniation (rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diverticulum"):

Meckel's diverticulum (a congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac)

 Context examples 

Diverticula are small pouches that bulge outward through the colon, or large intestine.

(Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A well differentiated, low grade neuroendocrine tumor (carcinoid tumor) that arises in a Meckel diverticulum.

(Meckel Diverticulum Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

A diverticulum at the upper end of the esophagus through the cricopharyngeal muscle.

(Pharyngoesophageal Diverticulum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Inflammation of a DIVERTICULUM or diverticula.

(Diverticulitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An infection that develops in the diverticula of the intestinal tract.

(Diverticulitis, NCI Thesaurus)

The slender tubular part of the hypophysial diverticulum; the stalk of Rathke's pocket.

(Craniopharyngeal Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare syndrome characterized by the presence of omphalocele, anterior diaphragmatic hernia, sternal cleft, ectopia cordis, and ventricular septal defect or left ventricle diverticulum.

(Pentalogy of Cantrell, NCI Thesaurus)

A saccular diverticulum of the esophagus in bird species that is used for food storage prior to digestion.

(Crop, NCI Thesaurus)

Small tissue projection existing as a cecal diverticulum with a questionable history of vestigial versus specialized organ.

(Appendix, NCI Thesaurus)

About 12% of aged male BDII/Han develop diverticula of the stomach (Kaspareit-Rittinghausen and Deerberg 1987).

(BDII, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)