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diverticula

diverticula is the plural of diverticulum.

Meaning of diverticulum

Noun

diverticulum (plural diverticulums or diverticula or (proscribed) diverticuli)

  1. A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
    • Diverticula are small, light-bulb-shaped pouches in the bowel wall, resulting from the tissue in the gut bulging outwards under pressure.2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 16

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Questions about diverticula

What is diverticula the plural of?
Diverticula is the plural of diverticulum.

Words near diverticula in the dictionary

  1. diverteth
  2. divertibility
  3. divertible
  4. diverticle
  5. diverticles
  6. diverticula
  7. diverticulae
  8. diverticular
  9. diverticulate
  10. diverticulated
  11. diverticulectomies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diverticula (page history and authors); diverticulum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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