redness

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

Etymology

From Middle English reednes, rednesse, from Old English rēadnes (“redness”), equivalent to red + -ness.

In classic literature

Synonyms

inflammation, rubor

Semantic network

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

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