cellulitis

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain

Word Origin

cellulitis (n.)
1832, from Latin cellula, diminutive of cella "cell" (see cell) + -itis "inflammation."

Example

1. Systemic antibiotics are reserved for the development of preseptal cellulitis .
2. Diabetes predisposes to recurrent cellulitis , independent of obesity .
3. Dad sick and the hospital for an examination to be suffering from acute cellulitis .
4. Differentiation between orbital vs periorbital cellulitis is crucial .
5. Clinical study of fifteen cases of orbital cellulitis .

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