Definition of inflammation

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Inflammation (n.) 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 heat and pain..

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Prostatitis :: Prostatitis (n.) Inflammation of the prostate.
Submarine :: Submammary (a.) Situated under the mammae; as, submammary inflammation..
Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (a.) Counteracting inflammation.
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..
Founder :: Founder (n.) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh..
Colitis :: Colitis (n.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis..
Rheumatism :: Rheumatism (n.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart..
Bleyme :: Bleyme (n.) An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone..
Pachymeningitis :: Pachymeningitis (n.) Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.
Periproctitis :: Periproctitis (n.) Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum.
Lymph :: Lymph (n.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together..
Gastritis :: Gastritis (n.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane..
Neoplasty :: Neoplasty (n.) Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty..
Otitis :: Otitis (n.) Inflammation of the ear.
Chalazion :: Chalazion (n.) A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands..
Founder :: Founder (v. t.) To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him..
Pneumonitis :: Pneumonitis (n.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.
Phlogogenous :: Phlogogenous (a.) Causing inflammation.
Irritant :: Irritant (n.) A poison that produces inflammation.
Phlogosis :: Phlogosis (n.) Inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation.
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