diverticulitis
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English
Noun
diverticulitis (usually uncountable, plural diverticulites)
- (medicine, pathology) An infection of the diverticulum.
- 2019 October 28, Jane E. Brody, “Fiber in Fruits and Grains Protects Against Diverticulitis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- He had a slight fever and thought he had appendicitis. So did his doctor, who sent him to the emergency room, where an M.R.I. revealed not appendicitis but diverticulitis, an infection in an outpouching of his colon he never knew he had.
Translations
infection of the diverticulum
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
diverticulitis f (invariable)
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Further reading
- “diverticulitis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “diverticulitis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish
Etymology
From divertículo + -itis.
Pronunciation
Noun
diverticulitis f (uncountable)
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Further reading
- “diverticulitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014