inflammation
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French inflammation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin inflammatio
Pronunciation
Noun
inflammation (countable and uncountable, plural inflammations)
- The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
- The state of being inflamed
- (medicine) 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.
- (archaic) Violent excitement
- an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties
- Synonyms: passion, animosity, turbulence, heat
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:inflammation
Derived terms
Translations
act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed
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medical condition
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnflammātiō, īnflammātiōnem.
Pronunciation
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Noun
inflammation f (plural inflammations)
References
- “inflammation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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