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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Pneumonia :: Pneumonia (n.) Inflammation of the lungs.
Irritant :: Irritant (n.) A poison that produces inflammation.
Metritis :: Metritis (n.) Inflammation of the womb.
Meningitis :: Meningitis (n.) Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.
Epispastic :: Epispastic (n.) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory..
Peritonitis :: Peritonitis (n.) Inflammation of the peritoneum.
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..
Osteitis :: Osteitis (n.) Inflammation of bone.
Pneumonitis :: Pneumonitis (n.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.
Tenosynovitis :: Tenosynovitis (n.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.
Phlegmasia :: Phlegmasia (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs..
Delitescence :: Delitescence (n.) The sudden disappearance of inflammation.
Spavin :: Spavin (n.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed..
Glossitis :: Glossitis (n.) Inflammation of the tongue.
Gout :: Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc..
Keratitis :: Keratitis (n.) Inflammation of the cornea.
Rachitis :: Rachitis (n.) Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets..
Periostitis :: Periostitis (n.) Inflammation of the periosteum.
Founder :: Founder (n.) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh..
Phlogistic :: Phlogistic (a.) Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.
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