diverticuli

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Misconstruction of diverticula. alt-of,misconstruction
    — The presumption was that tiny seeds or partly chewed nuts might lodge in the pouches in the outer wall of the colon, called diverticuli, leading to irritation, inflammation and infection, called diverticulitis.

词源

By misremembering a neuter Latin noun as being a masculine one. The same error happens with others as well (for example, with *inoculus/inoculi for inoculum/inocula); it is relevant in scientific contexts where English uses many learned borrowings from New Latin.
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