cellulitis

English

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cellulitis

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛl.jəˈlaɪ.tɪs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪtɪs
• Hyphenation: cel‧lu‧li‧tis

Noun

cellulitis (countable and uncountable, plural cellulitides or cellulitises)

1. (pathology) An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.

Derived terms

• adenocellulitis
• pseudocellulitis

Related terms

• cellulite

Translations

subcutaneous inflammation

Korean: 봉와직염(蜂窩織炎) (bong'wajigyeom), 연조직염(軟組織炎) (yeonjojigyeom) Portuguese: celulite f Spanish: celulitis f, inflamación celulítica f

Further reading

• “cellulitis”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “cellulitis”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “cellulitis”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “cellulitis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “cellulitis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “cellulitis, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

cellulitis

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From New Latin cellula +‎ -itis.

Noun

cellulitis c (singular definite cellulitissen, not used in plural form)

1. cellulite

   Synonym: appelsinhud

2. (pathology) cellulitis

Declension

Declension of cellulitis

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	cellulitis	cellulitissen
genitive	cellulitiss	cellulitissens

References

• “cellulitis” in Den Danske Ordbog