MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Meckel's diverticulum mean? 

• MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM (noun)
  The noun MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM has 1 sense:

1. a congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Meckel's diverticulum" is a kind of...):

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