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  • n  presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon

  • In the symptom-free stage of diverticulosis there may be dozens of small diverticula scattered along the colon.
  • When Governor Benjamin Strong of New York's Federal Reserve Bank died of an intestinal abscess (diverticulosis; last week, there were many expressions of sorrow.
  • One of the most common illnesses relieved by fiber is diverticulosis, a disorder rarely seen until about 1920, in which partly digested food moving sluggishly through the large .

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