cellulitis
Syllables: cel·lu·li·tisUK/ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs//ˌsɛl.jəˈlaɪ.tɪs/
cellulitis noun: an inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.
Noun
cellulitis (countable and uncountable, plural cellulitides or cellulitises)
- An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.
cellulitis meaning in Tamil and Persian
cellulitis in Tamil
- உயிரணு அழற்சி, சீழ்ப்புரை, செல்லழல், புரையோடுதல்
cellulitis in Persian
- subcutaneous inflammation
- سلولیت selulit
Forms of cellulitis
| plural | cellulitides |
|---|---|
| plural | cellulitises |
Origin of cellulitis
Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulitis. By surface analysis, cellule + -itis. Doublet of cellulite. First attested in the 1840s.
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Questions about cellulitis
- What does cellulitis mean?
- Cellulitis means an inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.
- What is cellulitis in Tamil?
- Cellulitis in Tamil is உயிரணு அழற்சி, சீழ்ப்புரை, செல்லழல். See Cellulitis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cellulitis?
- Cellulitis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cellulitis?
- Cellulitis is pronounced /ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cellulitis?
- The plural of cellulitis is cellulitides.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cellulitis (page history and authors); cellulitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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