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What is a diverticulum?

What is a diverticulum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A small growth off an organ such as the large intestine.
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The epithalamic roof plate evaginates to form a midline diverticulum that differentiates into the endocrine pineal gland.
The dorsal diverticulum becomes the body and tail, and the ventral diverticulum becomes the head.
Genitourinary: atrophic vaginitis, prostatic disorder, renal calculus, urinary bladder diverticulum, urinary tract infection, polyuria.
Findings included esophageal stricture, patulous upper esophageal sphincter, and Zenker's diverticulum.
The diverticulum may possess aberrant islands of gastric mucosa, pancreatic and duodenal glands.
The, surgeon placed a 30-mm vascular stapler across the neck of the diverticulum and secured and transected the diverticulum.

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