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cystitis

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

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  • /sɪsˈtaɪtɪs/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the urinary bladder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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 urinary bladder and ureters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: urinary tract infection

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1-der.? Ancient Greek κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)? Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis)der. Late Latin cystisder. English cyst Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English cystitis From cyst + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cistitis — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膀胱炎 (pángguāngyán) — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Czech: cystitida — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Danish: blærebetændelse — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Danish: cystitis — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Dutch: blaasontsteking — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Dutch: cystitis — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Finnish: virtsarakkotulehdus — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • French: cystite — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Galician: cistite — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • German: Blasenentzündung — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • German: Harnblasenentzündung — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • German: Zystitis — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Hungarian: hólyaghurut — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Hungarian: hólyaggyulladás — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Hungarian: húgyhólyaggyulladás — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Icelandic: blöðrubólga — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Indonesian: sistitis — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Italian: cistite — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Japanese: 膀胱炎 (bōkōen) — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Malay: radang pundi kencing — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Malay: sistitis — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Polish: zapalenie pęcherza moczowego — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Russian: цисти́т (cistít) — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Sanskrit: बस्तिकोप (bastikopa) — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Spanish: cistitis — inflammation of the urinary bladder
  • Vietnamese: viêm bàng quang — inflammation of the urinary bladder