Look up: inflammation

1. inflammation
   Type: Term Pronunciation: in′flă-mā′shŭn Definitions: 1. A fundamental pathologic process consisting of a dynamic complex of histologically apparent cytologic changes, cellular infiltration, and mediator release that occurs in the affected blood vessels and adjacent tissue...
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2. 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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3. 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...
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4. inflammation
   [n] - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation 2. [n] - arousal to violent emotion
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Inflammation
   Redness, swelling, heat and pain in a tissue due to chemical or physical injury, infection, or allergic reaction.
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. inflammation
    Reddening of a tissue in response to injury or infection.
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15. Inflammation
    redness, swelling, and pain as a result of irritation, injury or infection
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16. 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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17. Inflammation
    The reaction of living tissue in response to injury or infection characterised by heat, redness, swelling and pain.
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18. 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 immu...
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19. 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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20. 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. 'T...
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21. 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), red...
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22. inflammation
    inflaming noun arousal to violent emotion
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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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; a...
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