English noun: inflammation |
| 1. | inflammation (state) a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat |
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| Synonyms | redness, rubor |
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| Broader (hypernym) | symptom |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | adenitis, alveolitis, alveolitis, angiitis, aortitis, appendicitis, arteritis, balanitis, balanoposthitis, blepharitis, bursitis, carditis, catarrh, cellulitis, cephalitis, cervicitis, cheilitis, cholangitis, cholecystitis, chorditis, chorditis, colitis, colpitis, colpocystitis, conjunctivitis, corditis, coryza, costochondritis, dacryocystitis, diverticulitis, dry socket, encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, endarteritis, endocervicitis, endometritis, enteritis, epicondylitis, epididymitis, epiglottitis, episcleritis, esophagitis, fibromyositis, fibrositis, folliculitis, founder, funiculitis, gastritis, glossitis, hydrarthrosis, ileitis, inflammatory bowel disease, iridocyclitis, iridokeratitis, iritis, jejunitis, jejunoileitis, keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis, keratoiritis, keratoscleritis, laminitis, laryngitis, laryngopharyngitis, laryngotracheobronchitis, lymphadenitis, lymphangitis, mastitis, mastoiditis, metritis, myelitis, myometritis, myositis, neuritis, oesophagitis, oophoritis, orchitis, osteitis, otitis, ovaritis, pancreatitis, parametritis, parotitis, peritoneal inflammation, peritonitis, phalangitis, phlebitis, phrenitis, pinkeye, pneumonitis, posthitis, proctitis, prostatitis, rachitis, radiculitis, retinitis, rhinitis, salpingitis, scleritis, shin splints, sialadenitis, sinusitis, splenitis, spondylitis, stomatitis, synovitis, tarsitis, tendinitis, tendonitis, tenonitis, thyroiditis, tonsillitis, tracheitis, tracheobronchitis, tympanitis, ulitis, ureteritis, uveitis, uvulitis, vaginitis, valvulitis, vasculitis, vasovesiculitis, vesiculitis, vulvitis, vulvovaginitis |
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| Part meronym | inflammatory disease |
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| 2. | inflammation (state) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up |
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| Samples | His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled.
He tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation.
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| Synonyms | excitation, excitement, fervor, fervour |
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| Broader (hypernym) | emotional arousal |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | fever pitch, sensation |
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| Attribute | exciting, unexciting |
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| 3. | inflammation (act) arousal to violent emotion |
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| Synonyms | inflaming |
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| Broader (hypernym) | arousal, rousing |
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| 4. | inflammation (act) the act of setting something on fire |
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| Synonyms | firing, ignition, kindling, lighting |
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| Broader (hypernym) | burning, combustion |
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