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Webster 1913 Edition
Inflammation
1.
The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
“The inflammation of fat.” Wilkins.
3.
Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence;
as, an
. inflammation
of the mind, of the body politic, or of partiesHooker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inflammation
INFLAMMA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of setting on fire or inflaming.2.
The state of being in flame.3.
In medicine and surgery, a redness and swelling of any part of an animal body, attended with heat, pain and febrile symptoms.4.
Violent excitement; heat; animosity; turbulence; as an inflammation of the body politic, or of parties.Definition 2024
inflammation
inflammation
English
Noun
inflammation (countable and uncountable, plural inflammations)
- The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
- (medicine) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of 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.
- Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.
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act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed
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medical condition
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