meckel's diverticulum

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   a congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac

   Broaderdiverticulum

Questions about meckel's diverticulum

What does meckel's diverticulum mean?

meckel's diverticulum means "a congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac".

Is meckel's diverticulum a common word?

meckel's diverticulum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.