diverticulitis
English edit
Noun edit
diverticulitis (usually uncountable, plural diverticulites)
- (medicine, pathology) An infection of the diverticulum.
- 2019 October 28, Jane E. Brody, “Fiber in Fruits and Grains Protects Against Diverticulitis”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- 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.
Translations edit
infection of the diverticulum
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [di.βər.ti.kuˈli.tis]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [di.vər.ti.kuˈli.tis]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [di.veɾ.ti.kuˈli.tis]
Noun edit
diverticulitis f (invariable)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “diverticulitis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “diverticulitis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From divertículo + -itis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /dibeɾtikuˈlitis/ [d̪i.β̞eɾ.t̪i.kuˈli.t̪is]
- Rhymes: -itis
- Syllabification: di‧ver‧ti‧cu‧li‧tis
Noun edit
diverticulitis f (uncountable)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “diverticulitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014