词根词缀：diversi-, divers-, divert-

【来源及含义】Latin: different, separate, opposite; literally, turned away [from each other]

【相关描述】Directly related to the large vers-, vert- family of words.

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; -plex; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.

【同源单词】aver, biodiversity, diverse, diversely, diverseness, diversifiable

词根词缀：diverticul-

【来源及含义】Latin: [from di-, "apart" and vertere, "to turn"] by-road, digression, deviation; to turn away, go in different directions

【相关描述】Used in the specialized sense of "tubular pocket or pouch that branches off from a bodily cavity or canal".

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; -plex; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.

【同源单词】diverticula, diverticular, diverticularization, diverticulectomy, diverticulitis, diverticulogram

词根词缀：-itis

【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; inflammation, burning sensation; by extension, disease associated with inflammation

【相关描述】This suffix has come to mean "inflammation of" but originally it meant "pertaining to" or "of the". The Greek word nosos ["disease"] was either expressed or understood, although it might not be included with the basic element. For example, bursitis nosos would mean "disease of the bursa".

【同源单词】actilnoneuritis, adenitis, adrenalitis, allergyrhinitis, angioitis, angiopancreatitis