Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diverticulitis

1 sense of diverticulitis

Sense 1
diverticulitis -- (inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation)
       => inflammation, redness, rubor -- (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)