| diverticulum |
a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
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| diverging lens |
a lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out
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| diversion |
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
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| diverging meniscus |
a convexoconcave lens.
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| diverticulitis |
Diverticulitis is a common disease of the bowel, in particular the large intestine. Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the colon. Diverticulitis results if one of these diverticulum becomes inflamed. In complicated diverticulitis, bacteria may subsequently infect the outside of the colon if an inflamed diverticulum bursts open. ...
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