DIVERTICULITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("diverticulitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

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