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What is the noun for diverticulum?

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diverticle
  1. (obsolete) A turning; a byway.
  2. (anatomy) A diverticulum.
diverticulosis
  1. (pathology) The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The first, a man in his 30s, had severe constipation and resultant diverticulosis.”
      “If nothing else, they should help reduce the risk of heart disease, diverticulosis, and constipation.”
      “It is also a mild laxative, very effective against many intestinal disorders such as ileitis colitis, diverticulosis and irritable bowel.”
diverticulum
  1. (anatomy) A small growth off an organ such as the large intestine.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The, surgeon placed a 30-mm vascular stapler across the neck of the diverticulum and secured and transected the diverticulum.”
      “Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract involving the small bowel and terminal ileum.”
      “The diverticulum may possess aberrant islands of gastric mucosa, pancreatic and duodenal glands.”
diverticulitis
  1. (medicine) An infection of the diverticulum.
  2. Examples:
    1. “If the diverticulitis is not severe, treatment will be with painkillers, antibiotics, laxatives and dietary advice.”
      “I have seen positive tests in either leg in regional enteritis, and in the left leg in colonic diverticulitis.”
      “Colonoscopy revealed diverticulitis and several benign polyps, which were excised.”
diverticulites
  1. plural of diverticulitis
diverticuloses
diverticula
  1. plural of diverticulum
  2. Examples:
    1. “These structures are interpreted as osteological correlates of a system of air sacs and pneumatic diverticula similar to that of birds.”
      “These diverticula are considered false diverticula because the mucosa herniates through the esophageal muscular wall.”
      “Diverticulitis is an infection or inflammation of one or more small bulging pouches in the digestive tract called diverticula.”
diverticulums
  1. plural of diverticulum
diverticles
  1. plural of diverticle
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