diverticulosis

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English diverticula

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor.

New Latin -ōsislbor.

English -osis

English diverticulosis

From diverticula + -osis.

Noun

diverticulosis (countable and uncountable, plural diverticuloses)

1. (pathology) The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.
   • 2019 October 28, Jane E. Brody, “Fiber in Fruits and Grains Protects Against Diverticulitis”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Unless the pouches are discovered in the course of an unrelated exam, like a colonoscopy, most people with diverticulosis don’t know they have it.

Derived terms

• pseudodiverticulosis

Translations

pathological condition

• Czech: divertikulóza f
• Finnish: umpipussitauti, divertikuloosi (fi)
• French: diverticulose (fr) f
• German: Divertikulose (de) f
• Japanese: 大腸憩室症 (daichōkeishitsushō)
• Korean: 게실증 (gesiljeung)
• Spanish: diverticulosis (es) f

See also

• diverticulitis

Further reading

• “diverticulosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish divertículo

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor.

Latin -ōsisder.

Spanish -osis

Spanish diverticulosis

From divertículo + -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibeɾtikuˈlosis/ [d̪i.β̞eɾ.t̪i.kuˈlo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: di‧ver‧ti‧cu‧lo‧sis

Noun

diverticulosis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) diverticulosis

Further reading

• “diverticulosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025