di·ver·tic·u·lum
n, pl -la 1 : an abnormal pouch or sac opening from a hollow organ (as the intestine or bladder) 2 : a blind tube or sac branching off from a cavity or canal of the body <the liver is an anterior of the intestine -Gordon Alexander> .
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