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单词 diverticulum
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diverticulumn.

/dʌɪvəˈtɪkjʊləm/
Forms: Plural diverticula.
Etymology: Latin dī- dēverticulum a byway, bypath, deviation, wayside shelter or lodging; < dēvertĕre to turn down or aside, < de- prefix 1a + vertĕre to turn.
1. A byway; a way out, means of exit. Obsolete.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > by-way (not main route)
by-gatec1330
byway1330
outwaya1382
sidewayc1450
back-way1577
diverticle1582
diverticulum1647
by-route1855
1647 W. Strong Trust & Acct. Steward 19 Some..love diverticulaes and turne aside unto crooked waies.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 143 Were it not for these Diverticula, whereby it [sc. fire] thus gains an Exit, 'twould..make greater havock than now it doth.
2. A smaller side-branch of any cavity or passage; in Anatomy applied usually to a blind tubular process; in Pathology to a malformation having this character.
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1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Diverticulum, a mal-formation or diseased appearance of intestine, in which a portion of intestine goes out of the regular course of the tube.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. i. 27 The cæcum is a branch or diverticulum of the intestine, ending in a cul-de-sac.
1880 St. G. Mivart in Contemp. Rev. 285 The South Pacific, of which all other oceans and seas may be regarded as diverticula or reaches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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