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diverticular diseasenoun [mass noun]A condition in which muscle spasm in the colon (lower intestine) in the presence of diverticula causes abdominal pain and disturbance of bowel function without inflammation.They are also formed during operations for bowel cancer, diverticular disease and after accidental damage to the bowel wall....- For unknown reasons, only a small percentage of patients with diverticulosis develop symptomatic diverticular disease.
- These people are said to have diverticulosis or uncomplicated diverticular disease.
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