diverticulum

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noun

a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)

Diverticulum in a sentence

Diverticula are small, light-bulb-shaped pouches in the bowel wall, resulting from the tissue in the gut bulging outwards under pressure.

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