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disinflaming

disinflaming is the present participle and gerund 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 disinflaming

What is disinflaming the present participle and gerund of?
Disinflaming is the present participle and gerund of disinflame.

Words near disinflaming in the dictionary

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

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