diverticuli

English

Noun

diverticuli

  1. Misconstruction of diverticula.
    • 2007 June 5, C. Claiborne Ray, “Dangerous Nuts?”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The presumption was that tiny seeds or partly chewed nuts might lodge in the pouches in the outer wall of the colon, called diverticuli, leading to irritation, inflammation and infection, called diverticulitis.

Latin

Noun

dīverticulī

  1. genitive singular of dīverticulum
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