Meanings
nouncellulitis (countable and uncountable, plural cellulitides or cellulitises)
plural cellulitides · plural cellulitises
- countableuncountablemedicineAn inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.
Origin
- New Latincellulitis
- Englishcellulitis
Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulitis. By surface analysis, cellule + -itis. Doublet of cellulite. First attested in the 1840s.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 蜂窩組織炎 /蜂窝组织炎, 蜂窩織炎 /蜂窝织炎
- 蜂窩組織炎 /蜂窝组织炎 (fēngwōzǔzhīyán)subcutaneous inflammation
- 蜂窩織炎 /蜂窝织炎 (fēngwōzhīyán)subcutaneous inflammation
Dutch cellulitis
- cellulitissubcutaneous inflammation
Finnish selluliitti
- selluliittisubcutaneous inflammation
Korean 봉와직염, 연조직염
- 봉와직염 (bong'wajigyeom)subcutaneous inflammation
- 연조직염 (yeonjojigyeom)subcutaneous inflammation
Persian سلولیت
- سلولیت (selulit)subcutaneous inflammation
Polish zapalenie tkanki łącznej, cellulitis
- zapalenie tkanki łącznejsubcutaneous inflammation
- cellulitissubcutaneous inflammation
Portuguese celulite
- celulitesubcutaneous inflammation
Spanish celulitis, inflamación celulítica
- celulitissubcutaneous inflammation
- inflamación celulíticasubcutaneous inflammation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cellulitis
tendinitischolecystitisurethritislabyrinthitisblepharadenitisencephalomyocarditisNintendinitisoophoritispseudofolliculitisrachitis
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
cellulitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cellulitis
MLA
“cellulitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cellulitis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cellulitis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cellulitis.
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