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cholecystitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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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