diverticulosis

From diverticula +‎ -osis.

diverticulosis (countable and uncountable, plural diverticuloses)

1. (pathology) The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.
   • 2019 October 28, Jane E. Brody, “Fiber in Fruits and Grains Protects Against Diverticulitis”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

• pseudodiverticulosis

• diverticulitis

• “diverticulosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

From divertículo +‎ -osis.

• IPA^(key): /dibeɾtikuˈlosis/ [d̪i.β̞eɾ.t̪i.kuˈlo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: di‧ver‧ti‧cu‧lo‧sis

diverticulosis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) diverticulosis

• “diverticulosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024