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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diverticulum \Div`er*tic"u*lum\, n.; pl. Diverticula. [L. See Diverticle.] (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

diverticulum n 1: a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)