蜂ほう窩か織しき炎えん

noun

cellulitis; phlegmon

Medical term for a diffuse bacterial infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. 蜂窩織炎 is the standard Japanese term; phlegmon is an older or less common synonym.

• 蜂ほう窩か織しき炎えんは、皮ひ膚ふの深ふかい層そうに起おこる細さい菌きん感かん染せん症しょうです。

  Cellulitis is a bacterial infection that occurs in the deep layers of the skin.