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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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artery capillary plasma leukocyte scar abscess antibiotic cortisone aspirin 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 steroid fever infectious-disease irritation soreness help-harm-harmless tuberculosis leishmaniasis schistosomiasis necrosis pus latin blood-vessel pathogen rhinitis atherosclerosis blood-plasma-2 white-blood-cell circulatory-system healing-2 burn frostbite toxin physical-trauma hypersensitivity ionizing-radiation flushing-physiology tumor heat functio-laesa swelling-medical celsus-aulus-cornelius galen thomas-sydenham rudolf-virchow pneumonia parietal-pleura-2 macrophage dendritic-cell mast-cell bradykinin hyperalgesia neutrophil-granulocyte chemotaxis complement-system coagulation-3 fibrinolysis protein fibrin vasodilator arteriole endothelium shear-stress opsonin phagocytosis kinin-kallikrein-system c3-complement c5a chemoattractant factor-xii liver basement-membrane conformational-change complement-membrane-attack-complex