A diverticulum is an out-pouching, or small pocket, in the wall of the large intestine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meckels Scan] Reference

The Latin word diverticulum means 'wayside house of ill repute'; in medical terms, diverticulae are little pockets that form in the wall of the large intestine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

The word she noted was "diverticulum," from "The Vault of the Drow.".    From Wordnik.com.  [RT 3: Quest for the Teenage DM] Reference

The pediatric caliceal diverticulum: diagnosis and laparoscopic management.    From Wordnik.com.  [Publications of the Urology Division] Reference

Yes, it's either her gall bladder or scar tissue from the diverticulum surgery when she was 15.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference

They form the walls of a new cavity, the enterocoel, which is to be regarded as a nipped-off diverticulum of the archenteron.    From Wordnik.com.  [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference

Food reservoir: Lepidoptera, a blind sac or diverticulum from the bind part of oesophagus lying in abdomen dorsal to the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

The diverticulum noted, also, in connection with figure 7, has relatively thick, wrinkled walls; its significance is not known to the writer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference

The caecum is a branch or diverticulum of the intestine, ending in a cul-de-sac, and is extremely long in many of the lower vegetable-feeding mammals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwin and the vermiform appendix - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

The proximal portion of the diverticulum becomes the ureter.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 3. The Urogenital Apparatus] Reference

Hind-brain.p. Original position of hypophyseal diverticulum, py. ph.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illustrations. Fig. 1182] Reference

Perforation of Meckel's diverticulum caused by a chicken bone: a case report.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

• There is a largewide-mouthed diverticulum on the left side of the pharynx.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Between the stomach and the mouth of the yolk-sac the liver diverticulum appears.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2. The Digestive Apparatus] Reference

The local fixation and cicatricial contraction may be the site of a traction diverticulum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

An inflamed and perforated Meckel's diverticulum was found to be the cause of the abdominal pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Complications of Meckel's diverticulum can be fatal and early recognition leads to appropriate management.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Colonoscopy revealed coagulated blood in a diverticulum, but bleeding recurred after cautery of the lesion.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Traction diverticulum of the esophagus rendered visible in the roentgenogram by a swallowed opaque mixture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Unless a very large esophagoscope be used, a traction diverticulum may easily be overlooked in the mucosal folds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Schematic representation of esophagoscopic aid in the excision of a diverticulum in the Gaub-Jackson operation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Bronchoscopy can also visualize the diverticulum although sometimes the connection with trachea can't be detected.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

About the fourth week there appears a pouchlike diverticulum of the ectodermal lining of the roof of the stomodeum.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 4d. The Hypophysis Cerebri] Reference

Read more about Health Watch Center: post-traumatic iatrogenic pharyngoesophageal diverticulum length: date: 29-12-08.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Blog A Lot] Reference

Patients with perforation of Meckel's diverticulum may present with right iliac fossa pain, which mimics acute appendicitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Should the diverticulum be inaccessible from the neck, and the difficulty of swallowing be attended with progressive emaciation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

The diverticulum is lined by entoderm and covered by mesoderm, and in the latter are carried the allantoic or umbilical vessels.    From Wordnik.com.  [I. Embryology. 11. Development of the Fetal Membranes and Placenta] Reference

Although Meckel's diverticulum is a common congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract, it is often difficult to diagnose.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Respiratory arrest may occur from shifting of a foreign body, pressure of the esophagoscope, tumor, or diverticulum full of food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Here it exists merely as a narrow, tubular diverticulum of the hind-gut, and never assumes the form of a vesicle outside the embryo.    From Wordnik.com.  [I. Embryology. 11. Development of the Fetal Membranes and Placenta] Reference

The pharyngeal opening of each diverticulum is soon obliterated, but the neck of the flask persists for some time as a cellular cord.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 4c. The Thymus] Reference

To determine the position and size of a diverticulum, a radiogram is taken after the patient has swallowed some food, such as porridge mixed with bismuth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

'phantom-mass' was diagnosed as a giant colonic diverticulum causing intermittent compression of the iliac vein and obturator nerve.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference