MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Meckel's diverticulum" is a kind of...):

diverticulum (a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon))

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