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cellulitis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | inflammation, redness, rubor |
Examples of cellulitis
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Doctors at CHOP diagnosed cellulitis around his eyes and a MRSA staph infection.
From the sacbee.com
Your dad's diabetes makes him vulnerable to all infections, including cellulitis.
From the dispatch.com
If left untreated and infection spreads, cellulitis could become life threatening.
From the sciencedaily.com
On occasion, it causes cellulitis, osteomyelitis, epiglottitis, and infectious arthritis.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Then it seems I contracted cellulitis along the incision in February.
From the timesunion.com
He was treated for cellulitis, a skin infection, and septic bursitis, a bacterial infection.
From the bostonherald.com
Another trucker came in with cellulitis of an entire leg and was driving here from Missouri.
From the dallasnews.com
On Monday, he was given antibiotics to fight a case of cellulitis.
From the chron.com
This time, however, he developed fevers, chills, great toe cellulitis and ascending lymphangitis.
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- An inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain
- Cellulitis is a diffuse inflammation of connective tissue with severe inflammation of dermal and subcutaneous layers of the skin. ...
- Soft tissue infection causing extensive, hard swelling, a potentially dangerous condition requiring immediate attention
- Inflammation of tissue around the eye. Pre-septal cellulitis affects the lid and other "outer" areas of the eye, whereas orbital cellulitis affects the "inner" areas around the eyeball. ...
- Infection of the skin, usually caused by normal skin bacteria that get under the top layer of skin. Signs of infection include red, warm, tender skin, swelling, fever, and/or chills.
- Infection occurring in soft tissues. The surgical arm has an increased risk for cellulitis because of the removal of lymph nodes during breast cancer surgery. Pain, swelling and warmth occur in the area.
- An acute, spreading infection of the deep tissues of the skin and muscle that causes the skin to become warm and tender and may also cause fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes and blisters.
- A diffuse inflammatory process within solid tissues characterized by edema, redness, pain and interference with function. Cellulitis often occurs in the loose tissues beneath the skin, but may also occur in mucous membranes and in muscle bundles surounding organs.
- Is a skin infection produced by bacteria, leading to redness and swelling. Commonly, red streaks radiate from a site of previous skin injury toward nearby lymph glands.
