Dī-vĕr'ti-cle, n.
(dī-vĕr'tĭ-kl), n. [Lat. diverticulum, deverticulum, from divertere, to turn away, from prefix di, for dis, de, and vertere, to turn; Sp. diverticulo, It. diverticolo.]
Sense 1. A turning; a by-way. [Obs.] Hale.
Sense 2. (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one, especially out of the intestinal canal. Wright.