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Webster 1913 Edition


Diverticle

Di-ver′ti-cle

,
Noun.
[L.
diverticulum
,
deverticulum
, a bypath, fr.
divertere
to turn away.]
1.
A turning; a byway; a bypath.
[Obs.]
Hales.
2.
(Anat.)
A diverticulum.

Webster 1828 Edition


Diverticle

DIVERTICLE

,
Noun.
[L.] A turning; a by-way. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


diverticle

diverticle

English

Noun

diverticle (plural diverticles)

  1. (obsolete) A turning; a byway.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hales to this entry?)
  2. (anatomy, obsolete) A diverticulum.