HyperDic: meckel[s_diverticulum

English > 1 sense of the expression Meckel's diverticulum:
NOUNstateMeckel's diverticuluma congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk ... / yolk sac
English > Meckel's diverticulum: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk ... / yolk sac.
BroaderdiverticulumA herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)

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