| 单词 | diverticulum |
| 释义 | diverticulum —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; < L, var. of DEVERTICULUM byway, tributary, means of escape, equiv. to deverti- (comb. form of devertere, equiv. to de- DE- + vertere to turn) + -culum -CULE2] |
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