inflammation

From Middle French inflammation, from Latin īnflammātiō, equivalent to inflame +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnfləˈmeɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

inflammation (countable and uncountable, plural inflammations)

1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.

   Synonym: ignition

2. The state of being inflamed
4. (pathology) 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.
   • 2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD‎^[1]:

     Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.

5. (archaic) Violent excitement

   Synonyms: passion, animosity, turbulence, heat

   an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties

• See also Thesaurus:inflammation

Learned borrowing from Latin īnflammātiō.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fla.ma.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophone: inflammations

inflammation f (plural inflammations)

1. inflammation

• inflammatoire
• auto-inflammation

• enflammer

• “inflammation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

inflammation c

1. (pathology) inflammation

• inflammera

• inflammation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• inflammation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• inflammation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH