Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diverticulitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: di-ver-ti-c-uli-tis
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infection of the diverticulum.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

diverticulites (plural)

Questions

What does diverticulitis mean?: An infection of the diverticulum.

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