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What does inflammation mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word inflammation? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
  2. The state of being inflamed
  3. (medicine) 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.
  4. (archaic) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence.
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Sacroiliitis is inflammation of the sacroiliac joint, which connects the lower spine and pelvis.
Long-term exposure to allergens can attenuate inflammation and revert airway hyperreactivity to normal responsiveness.
Frequently this occurs as a result of impaction of ear wax or inflammation of the eardrum or the middle ear.
A bone scan showed osteomyelitis of the left sacroiliac joint and inflammation of multiple muscles.
Another name for something similar to Tietze's syndrome is costal chondritis, which is the inflammation of the intercostals between the ribs.
They reduce inflammation in your airways and prevent blood vessels from leaking fluid into your airway tissues.

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