diverticle

From Latin diverticulum, deverticulum (“a bypath”), from divertere (“to turn away”).

diverticle (plural diverticles)

1. (obsolete) A turning; a byway.
   • 1659, John Hales, "Abuses of hard Places of Scripture" in Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales

     the descrying of the several passages from them unto particular conclusions, and the Diverticles and blind By-paths which Sophifſry and Deceit are wont to tread

2. (anatomy, obsolete) A diverticulum.

diverticle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /di.vəɾˈti.klə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /di.bərˈti.klə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.veɾˈti.kle/
• Hyphenation: di‧ver‧ti‧cle

diverticle m (plural diverticles)

1. (anatomy) diverticulum

• “diverticle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.