diverticulum
English
Etymology
From Latin dīverticulum, alternative form of dēverticulum (“byroad; deviation”), from dēvertō (“turn away, turn aside”).
Noun
diverticulum (plural diverticulums or diverticula)
- (anatomy) A small growth off an organ such as the large intestine.
- 2015, David Shaw, translating Giulia Enders, Gut, Scribe 2016, p. 16:
- Diverticula are small, light-bulb-shaped pouches in the bowel wall, resulting from the tissue in the gut bulging outwards under pressure.
- 2015, David Shaw, translating Giulia Enders, Gut, Scribe 2016, p. 16:
Derived terms
Derived terms
- diverticulogram
- diverticulopexy
Translations
small growth off an organ
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Latin
Alternative forms
- dēverticulum
- dēvorticulum
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diː.werˈti.ku.lum/, [diː.wɛrˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫũ]
Noun
dīverticulum n (genitive dīverticulī); second declension
- Alternative form of dēverticulum ("byroad").
- (anatomy, New Latin, exclusively as diverticulum) A small growth off an organ of a body; diverticulum.
- 1829, University of Groningen, Annales Academiae groninganae, Commentatio de diverticulus intestinorum, page 69:
- Baillie exemplum praebuit diverticuli coniuncti cum vitiis a niſu formativo abnormi productis: illuc ſc. invenit in foetu, cui aderat omnium thoracis et abdominis viscerum ſitus inverſus, una cum partitione lienis in quinque lobos, uti in Cetaceis ſolet.
- Baillie provided an example of a diverticulum connected with defects extended by an abnormal formative impulse. To that point naturally it is found in a foetus, to whom an inverted position of all the internal organs of the abdomen and thorax is present, together with a separation of the spleen into five lobes, as is usual in cetaceans.
- Baillie exemplum praebuit diverticuli coniuncti cum vitiis a niſu formativo abnormi productis: illuc ſc. invenit in foetu, cui aderat omnium thoracis et abdominis viscerum ſitus inverſus, una cum partitione lienis in quinque lobos, uti in Cetaceis ſolet.
- 1829, University of Groningen, Annales Academiae groninganae, Commentatio de diverticulus intestinorum, page 69:
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | dīverticulum | dīverticula |
Genitive | dīverticulī | dīverticulōrum |
Dative | dīverticulō | dīverticulīs |
Accusative | dīverticulum | dīverticula |
Ablative | dīverticulō | dīverticulīs |
Vocative | dīverticulum | dīverticula |
References
- diverticulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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