cellulitis
cel·lu·li·tis
noun
1.
an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain
Origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulitis. By surface analysis, cellule + -itis. Doublet of cellulite. First attested in the 1840s.
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