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diverticulum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hernia, herniation |
| Has types | meckel's diverticulum |
Examples of diverticulum
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A diverticulum is a pouch that bulges out from a layer of the colon's wall.
From the kansas.com
Diverticulitis is a bacterial infection at the base of the diverticulum.
From the cnn.com
I spent Christmas in a very sorry state with sigmoiditis, or Ganser's diverticulum, a bad colon infection.
From the guardian.co.uk
This atrial diverticulum is elongated part of the atrium.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One risk factor for this is duodenal diverticulum.
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Atrial diverticulum is secondary penial structure and with its spermatheca retractor muscle atrium acts as a copulatory organ instead.
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Ten and one-half hours before his scheduled March 15 swearing-in, Neves underwent emergency surgery for Meckel's diverticulum, an intestinal ailment.
From the time.com
A pediatric gastroenterologist suspected Meckel's diverticulum, a small vestigial bulge in the intestine that can cause pain and swelling, which was also ruled out.
From the washingtonpost.com
The ancestral caecum would have been a large, blind diverticulum in which resistant plant material such as cellulose would have been fermented in preparation for absorption in the colon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
- A diverticulum (plural: diverticula) is medical or biological term for an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid filled) structure in the body.
- (Diverticula (mollusc)) Diverticula is an anatomical term for a set of organs which are visible from the outside on a group of sea slugs known as nudibranchs, which are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.
- A small growth off an organ such as the large intestine
- (Diverticula) Small pouches in the colon. These pouches are not painful or harmful unless they become infected or irritated. It is usually caused by chronic constipation and poor fiber diet.
- (Diverticula) a formation of pouches on the bladder, caused by excessive pressure
- (diverticula) Finger-shaped pouches protruding off the colon that often develop with age.
- A small pouch in the wall of the large intestine, which usually do not cause a problem unless it becomes irritated or infected.
- Latin = by-road, hence a blind tubular process or sac.
