cellulitis

noun

noun

UK /ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/ · US /ˌsɛl.jəˈlaɪ.tɪs/

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

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.

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