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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