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inflammation

N การ อักเสบ  การ ติดเชื้อ  painfulness soreness rash kan-ak-seb

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INFLAMMATION

n.[L. inflammatio.] 1. The act of setting on fire or inflaming.
2. The state of being in flame.
3. In medicine and surgery, a redness and swelling of any part of an animal body, attended with heat, pain and febrile symptoms.
4. Violent excitement; heat; animosity; turbulence; as an inflammation of the body politic, or of parties.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INFLAMMATION

In *flam *ma "tion, n. Etym: [L. inflammatio: cf. F. 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. (Med. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

3. Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties. Hooker.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inflammation

in flam ma tion |ˌinfləˈmāSHən ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃən | noun a localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, esp. as a reaction to injury or infection: chronic inflammation of the nasal cavities. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin inflammatio (n- ), from the verb inflammare (see inflame ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

inflammation

in |flam |ma ¦tion |ɪnfləˈmeɪʃ (ə )n | noun [ mass noun ] 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. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin inflammatio (n- ), from the verb inflammare (see inflame ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inflammation

inflammation noun apply ice to the inflammation: swelling, puffiness; redness; rawness, soreness, tenderness; infection, festering, suppuration, septicity.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inflammation

inflammation noun inflammation of the gums: swelling, puffiness; redness, rawness, hotness, heat, burning, smarting, stinging; soreness, pain, painfulness, tenderness, sensitivity; infection, festering, eruption, suppuration, septicity.

 

Duden Dictionary

Inflammation

In flam ma ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Inflammati o n |lateinisch 1 veraltet Feuer, Brand 2 Medizin Entzündung

 

French Dictionary

inflammation

inflammation n. f. nom féminin 1 littéraire Fait de s ’enflammer. 2 médecine Irritation. : Une inflammation de la gorge. Note Technique Bien que le nom provienne du verbe enflammer, il s ’écrit avec les lettres in. Note Orthographique infla mm ation, avec deux m.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inflammation

in flam ma tion /ɪ̀nfləméɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 C U 1 〘医 〙炎症 .2 興奮, 激怒 .3 点火, 発火 ; 燃焼 .