diverticulum (redirected from auditory tube diverticulum)

di·ver·tic·u·lum  (dvûr-tky-lm)

n. pl. di·ver·tic·u·la (-l)

A pouch or sac branching out from a hollow organ or structure, such as the intestine.

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[New Latin, from Latin dverticulum, by-path, from dvertere, to turn aside : d-, de- + vertere, to turn; see divert.]

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diver·ticu·lar adj.

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diverticulum  (dvûr-tky-lm) Plural diverticula A pouch or sac branching out from a portion of the gastrointestinal tract, especially the large intestine. A diverticulum can occur as a normal structure, or it can be caused by a hernia.

diverticulum left: section of human intestine; right: section of human intestine with diverticula

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diverticulum - a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) hernia, herniation - rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes Meckel's diverticulum - a congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac