English Explanatory Dictionary

Meckel's diverticulum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A slight bulge in the small intestine occasionally present at birth as a vestigial remnant of the vitelline duct.

Word forms

Meckel's diverticulum

Etymology

Named after Johann Friedrich Meckel, who described the embryological origin of this type of diverticulum in 1809.

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