inflammation

Pronunciation: /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
  2. noun the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
  3. noun arousal to violent emotion

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

redness, rubor

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
symptom
Narrower (hyponyms)
alveolitis, angiitis, synovitis, vesiculitis, stomatitis, lymphangitis

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