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Definitions of inflammation:
  • noun:   arousal to violent emotion
  • noun:   a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
  • noun:   the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
    Example: "He tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"
  • noun:   the act of setting on fire or catching fire



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inflammatory-response stereotyped hyperemia inflammatory circulation edema malaise leukocytosis vascular histamine antibody dilute rheumatoid-arthritis rheumatic-fever uncontrolled autoimmune arthritis autoimmunity infection pain injury microorganisms immune-system prostaglandins sensory-receptors hypothalamus endorphin antibiotic steroid aspirin fever infectious-disease irritation soreness help-harm-harmless artery capillary plasma leukocyte scar abscess cortisone tuberculosis leishmaniasis schistosomiasis necrosis pus latin blood-vessel pathogen hay-fever-2 atherosclerosis white-blood-cell circulatory-system burn-injury frostbite toxin physical-trauma hypersensitivity ionizing-radiation fibrosis celsus-aulus-cornelius rudolf-virchow endothelium basement-membrane chemotaxis complement-system fibrinolysis chronic-inflammation monocyte macrophage lymphocyte angiogenesis mycobacterium-tuberculosis silicon-dioxide atheroma protein fibrin vasodilator arteriole shear-stress opsonin phagocytosis kinin-kallikrein-system bradykinin c3-complement c5a chemoattractant factor-xii liver conformational-change complement-membrane-attack-complex complement-component-5 complement-component-6 complement-component-7 c8-complex complement-component-9 plasmin thrombin-2 thrombus