inflammation

IPA: ɪnfɫʌmˈeɪʃʌn

The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
The state of being inflamed
(pathology) 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.
(archaic) Violent excitement

Examples of "inflammation" in Sentences

That is what you call inflammation as well as infection.
Internally, inflammation is linked to asthma, heart disease and a number of other health problems.
He noted that chronic, prolonged skin inflammation can potentially increase chances for squamous cell skin cancer, which is more aggressive than the most common skin cancer.
A person with a 100 IQ is unlikely to master a complex subject (such as the physical chemistry of crystal lattices or the roles of cytokines in inflammation) even if he devotes five times as much effort as someone with a 130 IQ.
I found in medical school that I thought inflammation was found in every disease process I was looking at and came up with what I call the inflammation aging theory and it's basically this low-grade, invisible inflammation, we can't see it, we can't feel it, it goes on all the time.
Injury and repair have already been briefly considered in their relation to the normal body and to old age; there are, however, certain phenomena included under the term inflammation which follow the more extensive injuries and demand a closer consideration than was given in Chapter II.