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Definition: Cellulitis |
CellulitisNoun1. An inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Cellulitis \Cel`lu*li"tis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression cellula -itis.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | An acute, diffuse, and suppurative inflammation of loose connective tissue, particularly the deep subcutaneous tissues, and sometimes muscle, which is most commonly seen as a result of infection of a wound, ulcer, or other skin lesions. (references) |
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Crosswords: Cellulitis |
| Specialty definitions using "cellulitis": Aeromonas hydrophila ♦ Clostridium perfringens type A infection ♦ flegmon or phlegmon ♦ gas gangrene. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cellulitis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (cellulitis), Dutch (cellulitis). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The symptoms associated with cellulitis can evolve and worsen due to systemic bacterial migration via the bloodstream, and include fever, malaise, and chills. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Two or more deep-seated infections such as meningitis, osteomyelitis, cellulitis, or sepsis. (references) | |
Long-term effects of heroin appear after repeated use for some period of time. Chronic users may develop collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, cellulitis, and liver disease. (references) | ||
In the United States and other industrialized countries, more than one-half of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) cases present as meningitis with fever, headache, and stiff neck. The remainder present as cellulitis, arthritis, or sepsis. (references) | ||
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| "Cellulitis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cellulitis" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cellulitis": epizootic cellulitis ♦ subcutaneous cellulitis. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cellulitis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 蜂窝织炎. (various references) | |
Danish | cellulitis (fibrositis, inositis, phlegmon). (various references) | |
Dutch | cellulitis (ethmyphitis). (various references) | |
Finnish | subkutaaninen selluliitti (subcutaneous cellulitis). (various references) | |
French | cellulite (f), cellulite (subcutaneous cellulitis), cellulalgie. (various references) | |
German | Zellulitis (ethmyphitis, subcutaneous cellulitis). (various references) | |
Greek | κυτταρίτις (ethmyphitis), κυτταρίτιδα (cellulite), πόνος ινοσίτιδας (fibrositis, inositis). (various references) | |
Italian | cellulite (cellulite). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ellulitiscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | celulite (cellulite). (various references) | |
Spanish | celulitis (cellulite). (various references) | |
Swedish | subkutan cellulit (subcutaneous cellulitis). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cellulitis": cellulitises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cellulitis" (pronounced 'Cel`lu*li"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis, Myelitis, myocarditis, Myositis, Myosotis, Nephritis, Nereocystis, Neuritis, Oophoritis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-l-l-l-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: cellist, cullets, cullies, elicits, illites, luetics, silicle, tuilles, utilise. | |
-4 letters: cities, culets, cullet, cullis, cuties, elicit, iciest, illest, illite, lilies, listel, luetic, sluice, stelic, tuille, tulles. | |
-5 letters: ceils, celli, cells, celts, cesti, cites, clits, clues, culet, culls, culti, cults, cutes, cutie, cutis, etuis, ictus, ileus, islet, istle, licit, lieus, lilts, lisle, luces, lulls. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-l-l-l-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: cellulitises. | |
+3 letters: cellularities. | |
+4 letters: eulogistically, folliculitises. | |
+5 letters: colloquialities, intellectualism, intellectualist, unrealistically. | |
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