词根词缀：diverticul-

【来源及含义】Latin: [from di-, "apart" and vertere, "to turn"] by-road, digression, deviation; to turn away, go in different directions

【相关描述】Used in the specialized sense of "tubular pocket or pouch that branches off from a bodily cavity or canal".

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; -plex; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.

【同源单词】diverticula, diverticular, diverticularization, diverticulectomy, diverticulitis, diverticulogram