— diverticular , adj.
/duy'veuhr tik"yeuh leuhm/ , n. , pl. diverticula /-leuh/ . Anat.
a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, esp. an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
[ 1640-50; deverti- (comb. form of devertere, equiv. to de- DE- + vertere to turn) + -culum -CULE 2 ]