Look up: inflammation

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   Inflammation
   A response of host tissues to injury, microbial infection or presence of foreign particles, characterised by swelling, redness, pain and accumulation of phagocytes at the site.
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   Inflammation
   is a whole complex of events which occur in sequence, in response to injury. Tissue damaged by bacteria, chemicals, heat, trauma etc, release histamine and bradykinin and serotonin which cause an increase in capillary permeability and vasodilation. Both these factors contribute to the formation of a fluid exudate in the damaged tissue, which includes fibrinogen and therefore soon clots into a firm gel. This process has the effect of walling off the bacteria or toxic substances causing the damage, or at least it slows down their spread into surrounding tissues. Local macrophages, begin their phagocytic activity but their numbers are small. Damaged tissues also release interleukin, messengers which are transported all the way to the bone marrow, where millions of leucocytes are stored.. These stores now release leucocytes, mostly neutrophils into the blood. The neutrophils gather at the site of damage because the endothelial cells of the local capillary walls have become sticky to leucocytes. This stickiness is specific for leucocytes and is the work of selectins expressed on the cell membrane of the endothelial cell. The leucocytes begin to catch and roll along the endothelium until they are brought to a standstill. The increased permeability of the endothelial cells allows leucocytes to wriggle out of the capillary and migrate into the damaged area. This migration is also dependent on a process know as chemotaxis, in which cytokine messages from the damaged cells attract the leucocytes to come to their aid. After several days the battle zone is filled with dead bacteria, dead tissue cells, dead neutrophils and macrophages. This dead mass of tissue is called pus. The end of the event may be the gradual resorption of pus by fresh macrophages, or the pus, now under some pressure, may force its way somewhere else. Pus from the apex of a tooth may escape laterally through the alveolar bone and mucosa, where it is recognisable as a 'gum boil'.Ten days after a foreign protein is detected for the first time, the bodies immune system has mounted a more specific defense. Antibodies are produced by B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes have been alerted to the invasion.
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   inflammation
   [n] - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation 2. [n] - arousal to violent emotion
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   Inflammation
   This is the body`s response to injury or infection. It causes the affected area to become red, hot, painful and swollen.
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   Inflammation
   A condition that could affect any part of the body, consisting of congestion of blood vessels and the surrounding tissue. It is manifested by redness, swelling, heat and pain.
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   Inflammation
   Redness, swelling, heat and pain in a tissue due to chemical or physical injury, infection, or allergic reaction.
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   inflammation
   Reaction of the body to injury or to infectious, allergic, or chemical irritation; characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain resulting from dilation of the blood vessels accompanied by loss of plasma and leucocytes (white blood cells) into the tissues.
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   Inflammation
   redness, pain, and swelling in an injured or infected tissue produced as a result of the body's healing response
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   Inflammation
   Redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat and disturbed function of an area of the body. In the last century, cause of death often was listed as inflammation of a body organ such as, brain or lung but this was purely a descriptive term and is not helpful in identifying the actual underlying disease
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    Inflammation
    Inflammation is the body's response to infection, irritation or injury, which causes redness, swelling, pain and sometimes a feeling of heat in the affected area.
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    Inflammation
    A series of changes in tissues indicating their reaction to injury, whether mechanical, chemical or bacterial. The cardinal signs are: heat, swelling, pain and redness
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    Inflammation
    the classic definition comes from the Roman physician Celsus who described four symptoms - tumor (swelling), calor (heat), rubor (redness), and dolor (pain)
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    inflammation
    Reddening of a tissue in response to injury or infection.
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    Inflammation
    redness, swelling, and pain as a result of irritation, injury or infection
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    Inflammation
    The body`s natural response to injury in which the injury site might display various degrees of pain, sweating, heat, redness, and/or loss of function.
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    Inflammation
    The reaction of living tissue in response to injury or infection characterised by heat, redness, swelling and pain.
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    Inflammation
    Inflammation: A basic way in which the body reacts to infection, irritation or other injury, the key feature being redness, warmth, swelling and pain. Inflammation is now recognized as a type of nonspecific immune response. More information: In technical terms, the inflammatory response directs immune system components to the site of injury or infe ...
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    inflammation
    Response to injury. Acute inflammation is dominated by vascular changes and by neutrophil leucocytes in the early stages, mononuclear phagocytes later on. Leucocytes adhere locally and emigrate into the tissue between the endothelial cells lining of the post-capillary venules. Plasma exudation from vessels may lead to tissue swelling, but the early vascular changes are independent of and not essential for the later cellular response. In chronic inflammation, where the stimulus is persistent, the characteristic cells are macrophages and lymphocytes.
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    Inflammation
    In·flam·ma'tion (ĭn*flăm*mā'shŭn) noun [ Latin inflammatio : confer French inflammation . See Inflame .] 1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed. 'The inflammation of fat.' Wilkins. 2. (Medicine) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of ...
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    inflammation
    <pathology> A localised protective response elicited by injury or destruction of tissues, which serves to destroy, dilute or wall off (sequester) both the injurious agent and the injured tissue. ... It is characterised in the acute form by the classical signs of pain (dolor), heat (calor), redness (rubor), swelling (tumour) and loss of functio ...
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    inflammation
    inflaming noun arousal to violent emotion
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    inflammation
    fervour noun 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`
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    Inflammation
    `Inflammation` (Latin, `inflammatio`, to set on fire) is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. It is a protective attempt by the organism to remove the injurious stimuli as well as initiate the healing process for the tissue. Inflammation is not a synonym for infection. Even in cases where inflammation is caused by infection it is incorrect to use the terms as synon...
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    inflammation
    (in″flә-ma´shәn) a localized protective response elicited by injury or destruction of tissues, which serves to destroy, dilute, or wall off both the injurious agent and the injured tissue. adj., inflam´matory., adj.
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    Inflammation
    • (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in 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. • (n.) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the m...
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