Associations to the word «Diverticulitis»

Wiktionary

DIVERTICULITIS, noun. (medicine) (pathology) An infection of the diverticulum.

Dictionary definition

DIVERTICULITIS, noun. Inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats