colecistitis

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”) + Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”) +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /koleθisˈtitis/ [ko.le.θisˈt̪i.t̪is]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kolesisˈtitis/ [ko.le.sisˈt̪i.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: co‧le‧cis‧ti‧tis

Noun

colecistitis f (plural colecistitis)

1. (pathology) cholecystitis

Further reading

• “colecistitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10