diverticulitis[dÄ«â²vÄr-tikâ²yÅ«-lÄ«â²tis] 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.
The very shortest distance from any part of Hawaii to any part of the U.S. west coast seems to be 2,281 miles, from a point on the eastern edge of the island of Hawaii to a small California promontory at north latitude 38o 55' 8.4.
Hawaii is the northernmost chain of islands in Polynesia, an oceanic subregion. Thousands of islands, or archipelagos, are scattered in chains throughout the Pacific. Hawaii is about 2,000 miles southwest of the North American mainland. Its coastline is the fourth largest in the United States, at about 750 miles.