Etymology

cellulitis

cel·lu·li·tis
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Today it means: An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection. Full definition →

New Latin cellulitis
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  1. New Latin · learned borrowing fromcellulitis
  2. English todaycellulitis

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

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