Meanings
noundiverticulitis (usually uncountable, plural diverticulites)
plural diverticulites
- uncountableusuallymedicineAn infection of the diverticulum.
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.
2019 October 28, Jane E. Brody, “Fiber in Fruits and Grains Protects Against Diverticulitis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Translations
Catalan diverticulitis
- diverticulitisinfection of the diverticulum
Czech divertikulitida
- divertikulitidainfection of the diverticulum
Finnish divertikuliitti, umpipussin tulehdus
- divertikuliittiinfection of the diverticulum
- umpipussin tulehdusinfection of the diverticulum
German Divertikulitis
- Divertikulitisinfection of the diverticulum
Greek εκκολπωματίτιδα
- εκκολπωματίτιδα (ekkolpomatítida)infection of the diverticulum
Italian diverticolite
- diverticoliteinfection of the diverticulum
Spanish diverticulitis
- diverticulitisinfection of the diverticulum
Swedish divertikulit
- divertikulitinfection of the diverticulum
Cite this entry
APA
diverticulitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverticulitis
MLA
“diverticulitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverticulitis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diverticulitis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverticulitis.
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