noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˌkoʊ.lə.sɪˈstaɪ.tɪs/
General-American:/ˌkɑl.ə.sɪˈstaɪ.tɪs/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkɒl.ə.sɪˈstaɪ.tɪs/
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rhymes with -aɪtɪs
1
noun
Meaning 1
An inflammation of the gall bladder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
inflammation of the gall bladder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English cholecyst Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English cholecystitis From cholecyst + -itis.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
colecistitis
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Chinese Mandarin:
膽囊炎 /胆囊炎
(dǎnnángyán)
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Dutch:
cholecystitis
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Dutch:
galblaasontsteking
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Esperanto:
ĥolecistito
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Esperanto:
kolecistito
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Finnish:
sappirakontulehdus
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Finnish:
kolekystiitti
— inflammation of the gall bladder
French:
cholécystite
— inflammation of the gall bladder
German:
Gallenblasenentzündung
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Icelandic:
gallblöðrubólga
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Japanese:
胆嚢炎
(tannōen)
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Korean:
쓸개염
(sseulgaeyeom)
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Korean:
담낭염
(damnang'yeom)
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Portuguese:
colecistite
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Russian:
холецисти́т
(xolecistít)
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Spanish:
colecistitis
— inflammation of the gall bladder
Vietnamese:
viêm túi mật
— inflammation of the gall bladder