cholecystitis

noun

cho·​le·​cys·​ti·​tis ˌkō-lə-(ˌ)si-ˈstī-təs 

: inflammation of the gallbladder

Examples of cholecystitis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While an ultrasound couldn't confirm it, there was a strong suspicion of cholecystitis, an infection that makes gallstones even more dangerous. — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025

Treatment of cholecystitis often involves the removal of the gallbladder. — Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 1 July 2024

The 87-year-old justice underwent non-surgical treatment for what the court described as acute cholecystitis, a benign gall bladder condition, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. — Mark Sherman, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2020

According to prison records, the cause of death was cardiac arrest combined with acute cholecystitis, a gallbladder infection that is often the product of trauma. — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 22 July 2019

Word History

Etymology

cholecyst "gall bladder" (borrowed from New Latin choilecystis, from chole- chole- + -cystis -cyst) + -itis

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cholecystitis

• alveolitis
• bronchiolitis
• caenorhabditis
• encephalitis
• endometritis
• endophthalmitis
• folliculitis
• periostitis
• peritonitis
• polyneuritis
• thrombophlebitis
• adenitis

Medical Definition

cholecystitis

noun

cho·​le·​cys·​ti·​tis -(ˌ)sis-ˈtīt-əs 

plural cholecystitides -ˈtit-ə-ˌdēz 

: inflammation of the gallbladder