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nouna herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)type of:
Definition that contains diverticulum
- diverticulitis inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation
- meckel's diverticulum a congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac