Definition of inflammation

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Inflammation (n.) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed..

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Otitis :: Otitis (n.) Inflammation of the ear.
Bronchitic :: Bronchitic (a.) Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation..
Metritis :: Metritis (n.) Inflammation of the womb.
Perichondritis :: Perichondritis (n.) Inflammation of the perichondrium.
Tracheitis :: Tracheitis (n.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe..
Carditis :: Carditis (n.) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.
Irritant :: Irritant (a.) Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation.
Rheumatism :: Rheumatism (n.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart..
Laryngitis :: Laryngitis (n.) Inflammation of the larynx.
Heat :: Heat (n.) Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation.
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..
Splenocele :: Splenization (n.) A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen..
Proctitis :: Proctitis (n.) Inflammation of the rectum.
Orchitis :: Orchitis (n.) Inflammation of the testicles.
Statable :: Stasis (n.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation..
Whitlow :: Whitlow (a.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone..
Bunion :: Bunion (n.) An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursae muscosae), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe..
Myositis :: Myositis (n.) Inflammation of the muscles.
Ovaritis :: Ovaritis (n.) Inflammation of the ovaries.
Endometritis :: Endometritis (n.) Inflammation of the endometrium.
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