Chopping the Butter. 1. Leave the butter at room temperature. The best way to soften butter is to remove it from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before you need it and let it sit at room temperature. However, you will inevitably forget to do this from time to time. You can speed up the softening process by cutting the butter into chunks.
diverticulitis in Medicine Expand. diverticulitis diÂ·verÂ·ticÂ·uÂ·liÂ·tis (dÄ«'vÃ»r-tÄ­k'yÉ-lÄ«'tÄ­s) n. Inflammation of a diverticulum, especially of the small pockets in the wall of the colon that fill with stagnant fecal material and become inflamed. diverticulitis. Inflammation of a diverticulum or of diverticula in the intestinal tract, usually causing abdominal pain and fever.
A diverticulum is a saclike protrusion in the colonic wall that develops as a result of herniation of the mucosa and submucosa through points of weakness in the muscular wall of the colon. The colonic diverticulum is a false or pulsion diverticulum-that is, it does not contain all layers of the colonic wall. Diverticulosis indicates the presence of multiple diverticula and generally implies an absence of symptoms . Diverticular disease implies any clinical state caused by diverticula, including hemorrhage, inflammation, or their complications. Diverticulitis describes the presence of an inflammatory process associated with diverticula.