What does "cellulitis" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "cellulitis"?

Common synonyms include: cutaneous infection, skin infection, soft tissue infection.

Pronounced //ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs//.

/ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/ noun

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Noun

1
An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection. countable, uncountable
2
an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain wordnet

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