pulsion diverticulum
Medicine
noun
A diverticulum caused by increased pressure within the lumen of a part of the digestive tract, especially one occurring at the junction of the pharynx and the oesophagus.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- oligocythemic
- oligodendrocyte
- oligodendroglia
- oligodendroglial
- oligodendroglioma
- oligodeoxynucleotide
- oligodeoxyribonucleotide
- oligodynamic
- oligoester
- oligogene
- oligogenic
- oligohaline
- oligohydramnios
- oligolectic
- oligolege
- oligomenorrhea
- oligomenorrheic
- oligomenorrhoea
- oligomenorrhoeal
- oligomenorrhoeic
- oligomer
- oligomerise
- oligomerization
- oligomerize
- oligomerous