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roach(dictionary)
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Roach, Max(well)(encyclopedia)
Roach, Hal(encyclopedia)
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meckel's diverticulum (medicine) and roach(1) (iou)


meckel's diverticulum (medicine)


meckel's diverticulum


An out-pouching of the small bowel (ileum). Present in about 2% of people and usually occurs about 2 feet before the junction with the colon. Can be lined by stomach-type mucosa and ulcerate, perforate, or cause small bowel obstruction.


roach(1) (iou)



roach noun1. ME.
[Old French roche, roce, also ro(c)que, of unkn. origin.]
A small freshwater fish of the carp family, Rutilus rutilus, common in rivers of Europe and western Asia; any of various small fishes resembling this, esp. (US) Hesperoleucus symmetricus (more fully California roach), and (chiefly Anglo-Irish) the rudd.
(as) sound as a roach in excellent Health.
Comb.: roach-backed adjective (of a quadruped, esp. a horse) having an upwardly curving back; roach pole a type of rod used in fishing for roach.