- pharyngoesophageal diverticulum
- pharyngoesophageal diverticulum n ZENKER'S DIVERTICULUM
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a diverticulum at the junction of the pharynx and esophagus, at the point of the Killian dehiscence; called also Zenker d.
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pharyngoesophageal diverticulum
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