Reticulitis is commonly misspelled due to its complex phonetic structure. The word is pronounced as /ɹɪtɪkjʊˈlaɪtɪs/ which can be quite difficult to remember by sight. It is a medical term used to describe an inflammation of the reticular connective tissue or network. Its prefix "reticuli-" means network and the suffix "-itis" means inflammation. Thus, reticulitis can be easily understood as a condition where the network of connective tissue in the body becomes inflamed.