diverticulitisn.
/dʌɪvətɪkjʊˈlʌɪtɪs/ Pathology.
Inflammation of a diverticulum, esp. in the intestine.
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hivesc1500
enteritis1772
proctitis1782
colonitis1834
perityphlitis1840
typhlo-enteritis1842
typhlitis1844
perienteritis1846
colitis1860
caecitis1866
periproctitis1876
appendicitis1886
paratyphlitis1890
colo-enteritis1897
diverticulitis1900
sigmoiditis1906
typhlenteritis1913
typhlodicliditis1913
diverticulosis1917
Crohn's disease1935
1900 in W. A. N. Dorland Med. Dict. 211/2.
1923 R. Knox Radiogr. & Radio-therapeutics (ed. 4) I. 364 (heading) Diverticulitis of the colon.
1939 Times 3 Mar. 14/4 Lord Ashfield, who is..suffering from diverticulitis, underwent an operation yesterday.
1969 N. 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.
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