inflammation
nounEtymology
From Middle French inflammation, from Latin īnflammātiō, equivalent to inflame + -ation.
- derived from inflammatio
- derived from inflammation
Definitions
The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
The state of being inflamed.
A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with…
A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
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Violent excitement.
- an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties
The neighborhood
- synonyminflammation
- neighborflammability
- neighborflammable
- neighborflammably
- neighborflammule
- neighborinflammable
- neighborinflammatory
- neighbor-itis
- neighboradenitis
- neighboradenoiditis
- neighboradnexitis
- neighboradrenalitis
- neighboralveolitis
Derived
antiinflammation, autoinflammation, fibroinflammation, hyperinflammation, hypoinflammation, immunoinflammation, inflammage, inflammaging, metainflammation, microinflammation, necroinflammation, neuroinflammation, oncoinflammation, parainflammation, proinflammation, reinflammation, thromboinflammation
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at inflammation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at inflammation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at inflammation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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