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proinflammatory

UK/ˌpɹəʊ.ɪnˈflæm.ə.tɹi/US/ˌpɹoʊ.ɪnˈflæm.əˌtɔɹ.i/

proinflammatory adjective: producing or promoting inflammation.

Adjective

proinflammatory (comparative more proinflammatory, superlative most proinflammatory)

  1. Producing or promoting inflammation.

Noun

proinflammatory (plural proinflammatories)

  1. (rare) An inflammatory substance.
    • "The second wave of proinflammatories (or chemotactic factors) are released to activate white blood cells so they can begin attacking pathogens... "1999, Eugene R. Zampieron, Ellen Kamhi, Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Arthritis, →ISBN, page 30

Antonyms of proinflammatory

Forms of proinflammatory

Adjective
comparativemore proinflammatory
superlativemost proinflammatory
alternative formpro-inflammatory
Noun
pluralproinflammatories

Origin of proinflammatory

From pro- + inflammatory.

Questions about proinflammatory

What does proinflammatory mean?
Proinflammatory means producing or promoting inflammation.
What part of speech is proinflammatory?
Proinflammatory can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce proinflammatory?
Proinflammatory is pronounced /ˌpɹoʊ.ɪnˈflæm.əˌtɔɹ.i/ (US).

Words near proinflammatory in the dictionary

  1. proined
  2. proinflamatory
  3. proinflammation
  4. proinflammationary
  5. proinflammatories
  6. proinflammatory
  7. proing and conning
  8. proinhibitor
  9. proinhibitors
  10. proining
  11. proinjunction

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