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What is the definition or description of: diverticulitis?
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Inflamation: Diverticulitis is inflamation and/or infection of diverticuli, almost exclusively of the colon. The most common place is in the sigmoid colon, low on the left side. Symptoms are pain and tenderness of the left lower abdomen. They can be mild to severe. Sometimes worse with or after bowel movements.
Answered 8/23/2016
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