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proinflammatory

adj
/ˌpɹoʊ.ɪnˈflæm.əˌtɔɹ.i/US/ˌpɹəʊ.ɪnˈflæm.ə.tɹi/UK

Etymology

From pro- + inflammatory.

  1. inherited from inflammen
  2. formed as inflammatory — “inflame + -atory”
  3. formed as proinflammatory — “pro- + inflammatory”

Definitions

  1. Producing or promoting inflammation.

  2. An inflammatory substance.

    • "The second wave of proinflammatories (or chemotactic factors) are released to activate white blood cells so they can begin attacking pathogens... "

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for proinflammatory. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA