noun

• A condition in which diverticula are present in the intestine without signs of inflammation.

  Compare with diverticulitis

  ‘Small-volume diarrhea may accompany diverticulosis of the colon.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Many people with diverticulosis have no symptoms at all.’
  • ‘If nothing else, they should help reduce the risk of heart disease, diverticulosis, and constipation.’
  • ‘The first, a man in his 30s, had severe constipation and resultant diverticulosis.’
  • ‘Apart from moderate colonic diverticulosis in the second case, each bowel was otherwise grossly unremarkable.’