What is pandiverticulitis?

Question

What is pandiverticulitis?

Answer 1

dictionary.com

Answer 2

i think it is inflammation of the tissues surrounding an intestinal diverticulum

Answer 3

Some background:

Diverticulosis is a condition where pouches form in the wall of the large intestine.

Photo:

http://fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Intro/...

Diverticulitis is when one or more of those pockets becomes infected or inflamed.

This colon looks redder than the one above:

http://www.virtualgastrocentre.com/uploa...

Adding "pan" to a word means it's everywhere, so "pandiverticulitis" would be a colon that is full of diverticuli, and they're all inflamed.