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inflammations

inflammations is the plural of inflammation.

Meaning of inflammation

Noun

inflammation (countable and uncountable, plural inflammations)

  1. (archaic) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
    Synonyms:
    ignition
  2. The state of being inflamed.
  3. 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
  4. (archaic) Violent excitement.
    • an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties

Questions about inflammations

What is inflammations the plural of?
Inflammations is the plural of inflammation.

Words near inflammations in the dictionary

  1. inflammated
  2. inflammates
  3. inflammating
  4. inflammation
  5. inflammational
  6. inflammations
  7. inflammative
  8. inflammatogenic
  9. inflammatome
  10. inflammatomes
  11. inflammatories

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