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Definitions of inflammation in various dictionaries:
noun - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation
noun - the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
noun - arousal to violent emotion
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| In tendinitis & bursitis, -itis denotes this |
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| a localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection. |
| a red, painful, and often swollen area in or on a part of your body: |
| The act of inflaming or the state of being inflamed. |
| A localized protective reaction of tissue to irritation, injury, or infection, characterized by pain, redness, swelling, and sometimes loss of function. |
| arousal to violent emotion |
| a response of body tissues to injury or irritation characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat |
| the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up |
| the act of setting on fire or catching fire |
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Inflammation (from Latin: inflammatio) is part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants, and is a protective response involving immune cells, blood vessels, and molecular mediators. The function of inflammation is to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury, clear out necrotic cells and tissues damaged from the original insult and the inflammatory process, and initiate tissue repair. * The five classical signs of inflammation are heat, pain, redness, swelling, and loss of function (Latin calor, dolor, rubor, tumor, and functio laesa).[1] Inflammation is a generic response, and therefore it is considered as a mechanism of innate immunity, as compared to adaptive immunity, which is specific for each pathogen. Too little inflammation could lead to progressive tissue destruction by the harmful stimulus (e.g. bacteria) and compromise the survival of the organism. In contrast, chronic inflammation may lead to a host |