Diverticulitis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Diverticulitis is a noun meaning (medicine, pathology) An infection of the diverticulum.
Meaning
(medicine, pathology) An infection of the diverticulum.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- diverticulites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include diverticulosis, appendicitis, enteritis, enteropathy, pelvitis, deferentitis.
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