inflammation

Inflammation is defined as the swelling or pain that comes from an injury or illness.

(noun)

An example of inflammation is a swollen joint from rheumatoid arthritis.

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See inflammation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the act of inflaming
  2. the state of being inflamed; specif., a condition of some part of the body that is a reaction to injury, infection, irritation, etc., and is characterized by varied combinations of redness, pain, heat, swelling, and loss of function

Origin: Fr < L inflammatio

See inflammation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act of inflaming or the state of being inflamed.
  2. A localized protective reaction of tissue to irritation, injury, or infection, characterized by pain, redness, swelling, and sometimes loss of function.

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