diverticulosis

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dī′vər tik′yə lō′sis)


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di•ver•tic•u•lo•sis  (dī′vər tik′yə lō′sis),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologythe presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
  • diverticul(um) + -osis 1915–20


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