diversi-, divers-, divert- +

1. The number and variety of organisms in a given locality, community, or ecosystem at a given time.
2. In different contexts it may denote: the number of different species present in a given environment (species diversity); the genetic diversity within a species (genetic diversity); the number of different ecosystems present in a given environment (ecological diversity).

High biodiversity is typical of complex and highly productive ecosystems; such as, tropical rain forests, where a small area can contain many different species of animals, plants, and other organisms.

Biodiversity is often used as an indicator of the health of such ecosystems.

1. Made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements; for example, consisting of many differing parts, topics, or subjects.
2. Very different or distinct from one another; such as, he was someone with diverse interests and activities.
3. Composed of many ethnic, as well as socioeconomic and gender, groups.
4. Etymology: associated with Latin diversus, "turned different ways" and since about 1700, restricted to the meaning "different in character or quality".

1. To distribute (investments) among different companies or securities in order to limit losses in the event of a fall in a particular market or industry.
2. To become more varied, or to make something more varied.
3. To expand into new areas of business, or to expand a commercial organization into new areas of production.

Speaking in different ways.

1. Something that takes someone's attention away from something else.
2. A change in the purpose or use of something from what was intended or from what it was previously.
3. A change in the direction or the path of something.
4. An activity or interest that takes a person's mind off more routine or serious things.
5. A mock attack aimed at drawing enemy attention and troops away from the place of the intended main attack.
6. Etymology: from Middle French diversion, from Late Latin diversionem, diversio, from Latin divertere; from Latin divertere, "in different directions"; blended with devertere, "to turn aside,"; from dis-, "aside" and de-, "from" + vertere, "to turn".

The sense of "amusement, entertainment" was first recorded in about 1648; thus it is that we have divertimento (1823), from the Italian form; originally, "a musical composition designed primarily for entertainment".

1. A variety of something; such as, opinion, color, or style: "We live in a country with great cultural diversity."
2. Ethnic variety, as well as socioeconomic and gender variety, in a group, a society, or an institution; such as, working in a society committed to diversity.
3. Discrepancy, variety, multiformity, or a difference from what is considered to be normal or expected.

Desiring strife or differences.

1. To change the route or path taken by something; such as, traffic, traveling, or a river.
2. To take someone's mind off something and to draw attention to something else.
3. To change the purpose or use of something from what it was previously.
4. To entertain by distracting attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; to amuse or to entertain someone or yourself.
5. Etymology: from Middle French divertir, from Latin divertere, "in different directions"; blended with devertere, "to turn aside" from dis-, "aside" and de-, "from" + vertere, "to turn".

Plural of diverticulum.

Relating to a diverticulum.

The act of forming diverticula, pockets, etc.

Excision of a diverticulum.

A diverticulum refers to a small sac-like structure that sometimes forms in the walls of the intestines where diverticula can trap particles of food (especially small seeds and undigested grains) and become very inflamed and painful (this condition is called diverticulitis).

As a person ages, pressure within the large intestine (colon) causes pockets of tissue (sacs) that push out from the colon walls. The plural form is diverticula. Diverticula can occur throughout the colon but are most common near the end of the left side of the colon, the sigmoid colon.

In human anatomy, the sigmoid colon is the lower colon (the lower portion of the large bowel).

The word sigmoid came from the Greek letter "sigma" which is shaped like a "C". It also means curved in two directions like the letter "S". A sigmoid curve is an S-shaped curve.

The sigmoid flexure of the colon is the point where it makes the turn from transverse to descending colon.

Sigmoidoscopy is a procedure in which a viewing tube (a sigmoidoscope) is inserted up into the sigmoid colon. The term rectosigmoid refers to both the rectum and the sigmoid colon above it.

1. Inflammation of a diverticulum, especially of the small pockets in the wall of the colon which fill with stagnant fecal material and become inflamed; rarely, they may cause obstruction, perforation, or bleeding.
2. Inflammation of a diverticulum, especially inflammation related to colonic diverticula, which may undergo perforation with abscess formation; sometimes this is called left-sided or L-sided appendicitis.

A roentgenogram of a diverticulum (a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ; especially, the colon.