Diverticulosis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon. countable, uncountable

    "Unless the pouches are discovered in the course of an unrelated exam, like a colonoscopy, most people with diverticulosis don’t know they have it."

  2. 2
    presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon wordnet

Synonyms

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colitisgastritisperitonitispolypulcer

Example

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"Tom's diverticulosis turned into diverticulitis."

Etymology

From diverticula + -osis.

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