inflammation
Meaning of inflammation
- a localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection.
steroid injections can have a dramatic effect in reducing inflammation and relieving pain
chronic inflammation of the nasal cavities
late Middle English: from Latin inflammatio(n- ), from the verb inflammare (see inflame).
Information about inflammation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of inflammation is: inflammations.
- Languages in which inflammation is used:
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Hyphenation of inflammation
in-flam-ma-tion
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- inflammation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
inflammation synonyms
Meaning redness:
Meaning excitement:
excitement, excitation, fervor
Meaning inflaming:
Meaning ignition:
ignition, firing, lighting, kindling
Meaning an abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:
Meaning the quality of being hot; high temperature:
Meaning on fire:
Meaning the fact or sensation of feeling a sharp stinging pain:
Meaning having a sting; capable of wounding or piercing with a sting:
Meaning pain in a part of one's body:
Meaning highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury:
Meaning gentleness and kindness; kindliness:
Meaning the quality or condition of being sensitive:
Meaning the process of infecting or the state of being infected:
Meaning (of a wound or sore) forming pus; septic:
Meaning a spot, rash, or other mark appearing suddenly on the skin:
Translation of inflammation
- Spanish: inflamación
- French: inflammation
- Italian: infiammazione
- Portuguese: inflamação
- German: Entzündung
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