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cellulitis

[ sel-yuh-lahy-tis ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. inflammation of cellular tissue.


cellulitis

/ ËŒ²õÉ›±ôÂáʊˈ±ô²¹Éª³Ùɪ²õ /

noun

  1. inflammation of any of the tissues of the body, characterized by fever, pain, swelling, and redness of the affected area
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cellulitis1

First recorded in 1860–65; from New Latin, from cellul(a) “small room†+ -itis -itis; cellular
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cellulitis1

C19: from Latin cellula cellule + -itis
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She arrived at Northampton General on 14 April 2023 needing treatment for cellulitis, a bacterial infection affecting the skin, which can be serious.

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Simon Morris has been on a trolley in the busy emergency department for four days after being brought in by ambulance with cellulitis in both legs.

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This cycle of infection directly increases the risk of conditions like cellulitis that can send patients to the emergency room with sepsis, toxic shock and heart complications.

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She said his leg swelled up with cellulitis.

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I was stuck in bed with methicillin-resistant cellulitis, reeling over the forced cancellation of a trip to Brazil, when a friend reached out with a consolation prize: tickets to Gorgon City at the Shrine Auditorium.

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