inflammation

Plural: inflammations

Noun

• 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
  • "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"
• arousal to violent emotion
• the act of setting something on fire
• The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
• The state of being inflamed
• 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.
• Violent excitement

Examples

• an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties

Synonyms

excitation, excitement, fervor, fervour, firing, ignition, inflaming, kindling, lighting, redness, rubor, animosity, heat, inflammation, passion, turbulence

Related Words

-itis