diverticulum Englisch Deutsch:
diverticulum Definition:
- A diverticulum is the medical or biological term for an outpouching of a hollow structure in the body. Depending upon which layers of the structure are involved, they are described as being either true or false.
Diverticulum (n.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one. |
diverticulum a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) |
Meckel's diverticulum a congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac |