Tom's diverticulosis turned into diverticulitis.
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Diverticulitis
Synonyms for "diverticulitis" (5 found)
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9 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- diverticulitis noun (infection of the diverticulum)
Czech
1 entries- divertikulitida noun (infection of the diverticulum)
Finnish
2 entries- divertikuliitti noun (infection of the diverticulum)
- umpipussin tulehdus noun (infection of the diverticulum)
German
1 entries- Divertikulitis noun (infection of the diverticulum)
Greek
1 entries- εκκολπωματίτιδα noun (infection of the diverticulum)
Italian
1 entries- diverticolite noun (infection of the diverticulum)
Spanish
1 entries- diverticulitis noun (infection of the diverticulum)
Swedish
1 entries- divertikulit noun (infection of the diverticulum)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Diverticulitis can cause severe abdominal pain.
Source: tatoeba (10155955)
The American surgeon said he tends to agree with news reports that the 80-year-old Mr. Castro most likely was being treated for diverticulitis — inflamed sacs on the walls of the intestines or stomach. The danger is that the inflamed tissue might rupture in the abdominal cavity.
Source: tatoeba (10802199)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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