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inflammation

/in-fluh-mey-shuhn/US // ˌɪn fləˈmeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃən) //

炎症,发炎

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Pathology. redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents.
    • : the act or fact of inflaming.
    • : the state of being inflamed.

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Examples

  • The word inflammation was an essential one to early accounts of the virus coming out China a year ago.

  • In a 2019 study that inspired the randomized trial, mice that lacked sigma-1 receptor died from systemic inflammation known as sepsis, whereas fluvoxamine treatment protected animals from deterioration and death.

  • Obesity in some situations appears to be associated with chronic inflammation, which we think can be a driver of cancer.

  • When stress is reduced, inflammation is reduced, and the immune system is better equipped to fight off infection and illness.

  • In experiments on pairs of mice, one mouse received an injection that caused arthritis-like inflammation in one hind paw while the other mouse was unharmed.

  • You get vaccinated in the arm, you shouldn't have inflammation in the joint.

  • The truth is that any exercise releases cortisol and results in a certain level of inflammation—and this is a good thing!

  • Their goals are not weight reduction or reducing inflammation, but rather, to race as fast as possible.

  • Animal studies showed a correlation between inflammation and cancer growth.

  • Over-training is the result of systemic inflammation and under-recovery—not aerobic exercise.

  • He was threatened with erysipelas, and there was a rather critical inflammation of the left eye.

  • Larger amounts, not well mixed with fecal matter, indicate inflammation of the large intestine.

  • Vincent's angina is a chronic pseudomembranous and ulcerative inflammation of pharynx and tonsils.

  • The inflammation then hastily disappeared without producing the most distant mark of affection of the system.

  • On the 4th day, the inflammation was evidently subsiding, and on the 6th it was scarcely perceptible.