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diverticulites

diverticulites is the plural of diverticulitis.

Meaning of diverticulitis

Noun

diverticulitis (usually uncountable, plural diverticulites)

  1. (usually) An 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

Questions about diverticulites

What is diverticulites the plural of?
Diverticulites is the plural of diverticulitis.

Words near diverticulites in the dictionary

  1. diverticulate
  2. diverticulated
  3. diverticulectomies
  4. diverticulectomy
  5. diverticuli
  6. diverticulites
  7. diverticulitis
  8. diverticulopexies
  9. diverticulopexy
  10. diverticuloses
  11. diverticulosis

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