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diverticulitis Path.|daɪvətɪkjʊˈlaɪtɪs|
[f. diverticulum + -itis.]
Inflammation of a diverticulum, esp. in the intestine.
1900in Dorland Med. Dict. 211/2. 1923 R. Knox Radiogr. & Radio-Therap. (ed. 4) I. 364 (heading) Diverticulitis of the colon. 1939Times 3 Mar. 14/4 Lord Ashfield, who is..suffering from diverticulitis, underwent an operation yesterday. 1969N. S. Painter in B. C. Morson Dis. Colon, Rectum & Anus xvii. 201 When diverticula are causing no symptoms or only minimal symptoms the disease is called diverticulosis and when one or more diverticula are inflamed the condition is called diverticulitis. |