diverticulitis

English

Noun

diverticulitis (usually uncountable, plural diverticulites)

1. (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

infection of the diverticulum

• Catalan: diverticulitis f
• Czech: divertikulitida f
• Finnish: divertikuliitti, umpipussin tulehdus
• German: Divertikulitis (de) f
• Greek: εκκολπωματίτιδα f (ekkolpomatítida)
• Italian: diverticolite (it) f
• Spanish: diverticulitis (es) f
• Swedish: divertikulit (sv) c

Catalan

Pronunciation

• 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

diverticulitis f (invariable)

1. (pathology) diverticulitis

Related terms

• diverticle

Further reading

• “diverticulitis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “diverticulitis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Etymology

From divertículo +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibeɾtikuˈlitis/ [d̪i.β̞eɾ.t̪i.kuˈli.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: di‧ver‧ti‧cu‧li‧tis

Noun

diverticulitis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) diverticulitis

Related terms

• diverticulosis

 

Further reading

• “diverticulitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014