diverticulosis

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noun

The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.

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Meanings

noundiverticulosis (countable and uncountable, plural diverticuloses)

plural diverticuloses

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.

    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.

    2019 October 28, Jane E. Brody, “Fiber in Fruits and Grains Protects Against Diverticulitis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

From diverticula + -osis.

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Translations

Czech divertikulóza
  • divertikulózapathological condition
Finnish umpipussitauti, divertikuloosi
  • umpipussitautipathological condition
  • divertikuloosipathological condition
French diverticulose
  • diverticulosepathological condition
German Divertikulose
  • Divertikulosepathological condition
Japanese 大腸憩室症
  • 大腸憩室症 (daichōkeishitsushō)pathological condition
Korean 게실증
  • 게실증 (gesiljeung)pathological condition
Spanish diverticulosis
  • diverticulosispathological condition
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APA

diverticulosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverticulosis

MLA

“diverticulosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverticulosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diverticulosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverticulosis.

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