- Pertik diverticulum
- an unusually deep recessus pharyngeus.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Pertik diverticulum
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Pertik diverticulum — Per·tik diverticulum (perґtik) [Otto Pertik, Hungarian physician, 1852–1913] see under diverticulum … Medical dictionary
Diverticulum — A small bulging sac pushing outward from the colon wall is a diverticulum. As a person ages, pressure within the large intestine (colon) causes pockets of tissue (sacs) that push out from the colon walls. The plural is diverticula. Diverticula… … Medical dictionary
Pertik — Otto, Hungarian pathologist, 1852–1913. See P. diverticulum … Medical dictionary
