English

Noun

diverticulum ‎(plural diverticulums or diverticula)

1. (anatomy) A small growth off an organ such as the large intestine.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• dēverticulum
• dēvorticulum

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diː.werˈti.ku.lum/

Noun

dīverticulum n ‎(genitive dīverticulī); second declension

1. Alternative form of dēverticulum ("byroad").
2. (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.

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• DIVERTICULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)