inflammation

Syllables: in·flam·ma·tion/ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/

inflammation noun: the act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.

Noun

inflammation (countable and uncountable, plural inflammations)

(archaic) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.

Synonyms:

ignition
The state of being inflamed.
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.
- 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....2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD
(archaic) Violent excitement.
- an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties
Synonyms:

passion, animosity, turbulence, heat

inflammation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

inflammation in Hindi

act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed: जलन jalan
medical condition: जलन jalan

inflammation in Tamil

medical condition: அழற்சி aḻaṟci

inflammation in Urdu

inflammation: اگن agan

inflammation in Bengali

প্রদাহ, জ্বালা, ফোলা

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inflammation in Malayalam: കോശജ്വലനം kōśajvalanaṁ
inflammation in Kannada: ಕೆರಳಿರುವುದು, ಕೆರಳಿಸುವುದು, ಉರಿಜ್ವಾಲೆ ಏಳುವುದು, ಉರಿಯೂತ
inflammation in Punjabi: ਸੋਜਸ਼
inflammation in Gujarati: ઉદ્દીપન uddīpan
inflammation in Odia: ପ୍ରଦାହ
inflammation in Tagalog: pamamaga
inflammation in Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب iltihāb
inflammation in Malay: radang, keradangan
inflammation in Indonesian: peradangan, inflamasi
inflammation in Persian: کردن ورم, التهاب eltehâb
inflammation in Thai: การอักเสบ
inflammation in Vietnamese: viêm

Examples of inflammation in a sentence

Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.
A mixture of poor diet and poor hygiene caused him inflammation of the emunctory aperture.
This toxin impairs ventilation by causing inflammation in the bronchioles.

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Synonyms of inflammation

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Forms of inflammation

plural	inflammations

Plural of inflammation: inflammations

Origin of inflammation

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

Words formed from inflammation

Words that rhyme with inflammation

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Questions about inflammation

What does inflammation mean?: Inflammation means the act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
What is inflammation in Hindi?: Inflammation in Hindi is जलन (jalan). See Inflammation meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inflammation?: Inflammation is a noun.
How do you pronounce inflammation?: Inflammation is pronounced /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/.
What is the plural of inflammation?: The plural of inflammation is inflammations.

Words near inflammation in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: inflammation (page history and authors); اگن (Urdu) (page history and authors); Inflammation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inflammation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inflammation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ઉદ્દીપન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); inflammation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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