cellulitis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.

/ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/ /ˌsɛl.jəˈlaɪ.tɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cellulitis.wav

cellulitis cellulitides cellulitises

Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulitis. By surface analysis, cellule + -itis. Doublet of cellulite. First attested in the 1840s.

cellulite

adenocellulitis pseudocellulitis

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