Synonyms for inflammation
ˌɪn fləˈmeɪ ʃənin·flam·ma·tion

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1. inflammation, redness, rubornoun

   a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

   Synonyms:
   ignition, excitement, fervour, lighting, excitation, rubor, kindling, fervor, firing, redness, inflaming, red

2. excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervournoun

   the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up

   "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"

   Synonyms:
   fervor, firing, fervency, lighting, turmoil, redness, kindling, innervation, excitement, ignition, ardour, excitation, agitation, fervidness, irritation, exhilaration, fire, upheaval, hullabaloo, rubor, inflaming, fervour, ardor

3. inflammation, inflamingnoun

   arousal to violent emotion

   Synonyms:
   ignition, excitement, fervour, lighting, excitation, rubor, kindling, fervor, firing, redness, inflaming

4. ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammationnoun

   the act of setting something on fire

   Synonyms:
   dismissal, fervor, firing, light, liberation, tinder, redness, firing off, dismission, touchwood, sack, ignition, discharge, release, excitement, spunk, sacking, excitation, ignition system, lighting, kindling, rubor, punk, inflaming, fervour, fire

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1. • Arousal
   • Emotional Arousal

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1. inflammationnoun

   Synonyms:
   burning, conflagration, setting on fire

2. inflammationnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) swelling and redness

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1. inflammationnoun

   Synonyms:
   phlogosis, phlegmasia

   Associated words:
   phlogistic, phlogogenous, antiphlogistic, demulcent delitescence

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1. List of paraphrases for "inflammation":

   ignition, flammability, swelling, inflammatory, flame

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1. Vitamin D:

   Aging is a progressive, degenerative process tightly integrated with inflammation. A number of theories have been developed that attempt to define the role of chronic inflammation in aging.

2. Alissa Vitti:

   Left untreated, this leads to premature hormonal aging and sets you up for the four big diseases of inflammation post-menopause, that’s the bad news, but the very good news is that you can use food to turn this around.

3. Louis Staudt:

   Given the well documented role of the protein BTK in regulating inflammation, it is possible that inhibiting BTK with acalabrutinib could provide clinical benefit in patients with advanced COVID-19 lung disease.

4. Jennifer Daly , Juliettes mother:

   I died for two minutes, i felt really bad ; my stomach would not stop hurting. I didnt want to move ; I didnt want to live, I wanted for it all to stop. The preteen was then diagnosed with a rare inflammatory condition that can lead to high fevers and swollen arteries, similar to Kawasaki disease, or a condition that causes swelling in medium-sized arteries throughout the body. Kawasaki disease, which primarily affects children, often leads to inflammation in the coronary arteries, according to the Mayo Clinic.

5. Joshua Zeichner:

   Soap has a high pH that can disrupt the outer layer of your skin and cause inflammation and dryness.