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inflammation

noun

1 inflammation

A response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat.

synonyms: redness, rubor.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: ontsteking
Polish: reakcja zapalna, zapalenie

2 inflammation

The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up:
— He tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation.

synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervor, fervour.

Dutch: spanning, opgewondenheid, commotie, agitatie, opwinding
Polish: przejęcie

3 inflammation

Arousal to violent emotion.

synonym: inflaming.

Polish: rozpłomienienie, rozpalenie

4 inflammation

The act of setting something on fire.

synonyms: firing, ignition, kindling, lighting.

Roget 384: increase of temperature; heating etc. v.; calefaction, tepefaction, torrefaction; melting, fusion; liquefaction etc. 335; burning etc. ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abscess, adenoiditis, adrenitis, aggravation, agitation, ague, algesia, anemia, animation, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, appendicitis, arousal, arousing, arteritis, arthritis deformans, arthritis fungosa, arthritis pauperum, asphyxiation ... show more.

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