DIVERTICULUM


Meaning of DIVERTICULUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdī-vər-ˈti-kyə-ləm ]

noun

( plural di·ver·tic·u·la -lə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, bypath, probably alteration of deverticulum, from devertere to turn aside, from de- + vertere

Date: circa 1819

1. : an abnormal pouch or sac opening from a hollow organ (as the intestine or bladder)

2. : a pocket or closed branch opening off a main passage

• di·ver·tic·u·lar -kyə-lər adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.