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Diverticular

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