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disinflames

disinflames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disinflame.

Meaning of disinflame

Verb

disinflame (third-person singular simple present disinflames, present participle disinflaming, simple past and past participle disinflamed)

  1. To divest of flame or ardour.
    • O Lycians , why are your hot spirits so quickly disinflamed?[1611?], Homer, “Book XII”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...
  2. To reduce inflammation (in).
    • In many instances simple manipulation, a steroid injection to disinflame the affected area, or some other maneuver is suficient for most soft-tissue injuries.1991, Thomas A. Dorman, Thomas H. Ravin, Diagnosis and Injection Techniques in Orthopedic Medicine, page 37

Questions about disinflames

What is disinflames the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disinflames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disinflame.

Words near disinflames in the dictionary

  1. disinfestor
  2. disinfestors
  3. disinfests
  4. disinflame
  5. disinflamed
  6. disinflames
  7. disinflaming
  8. disinflate
  9. disinflated
  10. disinflates
  11. disinflating

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