Cellulitis

//ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs// noun

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

Etymology

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

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