inflammation

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The act of inflaming or the state of being inflamed.

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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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The act of inflaming; the act of setting on fire or of taking fire, actually or figuratively.

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A fiery, heated, or inflamed condition, especially as resulting from passion, excessive stimulation, as by intoxicating liquors, etc.

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In pathology, a morbid condition usually characterized by swelling, pain, heat, and redness.

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The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

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A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in 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 tenderness, heat and pain. It may be caused by exposure to any number of injurious agents.

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Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence.

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The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

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A condition of any part of the body, consisting in 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.