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Meaning of diverticulitis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

An infection of the diverticulum.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Čeština divertikulitida
Deutsch Divertikulitis
Español diverticulitis
Italiano diverticolite

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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