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cellulitis

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cellulitis.

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Interesting, mine swells up too, I recently was bitten on the calf and it kind of went like cellulitis.

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Quick take

(pathology) An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(pathology) An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cellulitis.

noun

(pathology) An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.

Example sentences

1

Interesting, mine swells up too, I recently was bitten on the calf and it kind of went like cellulitis.

2

I had almost identical cases of cellulitis, one in the US and one in the UK.

3

My sedentary lifestyle is responsible for my recurrent cellulitis infections.

4

Turns out it was necrotizing breast cancer and severe cellulitis.

5

My wife had a small infected cellulitis treated at an emergency room because we were far from home and she was uncomfortable.

6

I had a fingernail infection that turned into cellulitis in December 2021.

7

Personally, I have just been through 4 classes while trying to fight cellulitis (a penicillin, 2 lincosamides, a sulfonamide, and a tetracycline).

8

( Sort of like 'cellulitis' is just 'a skin infection of some sort'.) But I think that would be correct.

9

I also just got an MRI and an ultrasound for a hard lump on my leg to make sure it wasn't a clot (they thought it was cellulitis but antibiotics didn't make it go away, now they think it was cellulitis and the remnants just might just stick around for awhile).

10

There's concern of resistance taken seriously for sure, but it's not like people are making out here - I had fluclox prescribed after an online consultation in Jan (for probable cellulitis) - they don't give it out like candy, but when it's indicated...

11

Far far too many old ladies get candida and bacterial infections under their breasts that are never cleaned or taken care of because it's embarrassing to check or clean and dry so then it just gets wet and rots and is painful, sad and gross and can lead to even worse things like cellulitis or an abscess.

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Perhaps, for example, the researchers addressed the question mentioned elsewhere in the thread of whether you can actually put this salve in your eyes without burning your corneas, or sterilize it and inject it into your body; or whether it has some activity transdermally and could thus perhaps be used to treat cellulitis.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use cellulitis in a sentence?

Interesting, mine swells up too, I recently was bitten on the calf and it kind of went like cellulitis.

What does cellulitis mean?

(pathology) An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.

What part of speech is cellulitis?

cellulitis is commonly used as noun.