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cellulitis

noun/ˌsɛljʊˈlaɪtɪs/

C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A spreading bacterial infection of the skin and the tissue just beneath it.

The hot, red, swollen lower leg with a raised temperature suggested cellulitis.

Topic: Podiatry in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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