cellulitis

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

• (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

cellulitis (countable and uncountable, plural cellulitides or cellulitises)

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

• “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.

From New Latin cellula +‎ -itis.

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

1. cellulite

   Synonym: appelsinhud

2. (pathology) cellulitis

• “cellulitis” in Den Danske Ordbog