Definition of inflammation

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

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Retinitis :: Retinitis (n.) Inflammation of the retina.
Gastritis :: Gastritis (n.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane..
Iritis :: Iritis (n.) An inflammation of the iris of the eye.
Proctitis :: Proctitis (n.) Inflammation of the rectum.
Xerophthalmia :: Xerophthalmia (n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.
Erysipelas :: Erysipelas (n.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically..
Chalazion :: Chalazion (n.) A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands..
Mucocele :: Mucocele (n.) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter..
Diphtheritic :: Diphtheritic (a.) Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as, diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder..
Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (a.) Counteracting inflammation.
Scrofula :: Scrofula (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may
Metritis :: Metritis (n.) Inflammation of the womb.
Wildfire :: Wildfire (n.) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin..
Endometritis :: Endometritis (n.) Inflammation of the endometrium.
Carditis :: Carditis (n.) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.
Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (n.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
Bronchitic :: Bronchitic (a.) Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation..
Ovaritis :: Ovaritis (n.) Inflammation of the ovaries.
Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..
Garget :: Garget (n.) A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands..
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