Synonyms for inflammation
ˌɪn fləˈmeɪ ʃənin·flam·ma·tion

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1. inflammation, redness, rubornoun

   a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

   Synonyms:
   ignition, excitement, fervour, lighting, excitation, rubor, kindling, fervor, firing, redness, inflaming, red

2. excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervournoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   fervor, firing, fervency, lighting, turmoil, redness, kindling, innervation, excitement, ignition, ardour, excitation, agitation, fervidness, irritation, exhilaration, fire, upheaval, hullabaloo, rubor, inflaming, fervour, ardor

3. inflammation, inflamingnoun

   arousal to violent emotion

   Synonyms:
   ignition, excitement, fervour, lighting, excitation, rubor, kindling, fervor, firing, redness, inflaming

4. ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammationnoun

   the act of setting something on fire

   Synonyms:
   dismissal, fervor, firing, light, liberation, tinder, redness, firing off, dismission, touchwood, sack, ignition, discharge, release, excitement, spunk, sacking, excitation, ignition system, lighting, kindling, rubor, punk, inflaming, fervour, fire

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1. • Arousal
   • Emotional Arousal

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1. inflammationnoun

   Synonyms:
   burning, conflagration, setting on fire

2. inflammationnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) swelling and redness

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1. inflammationnoun

   Synonyms:
   phlogosis, phlegmasia

   Associated words:
   phlogistic, phlogogenous, antiphlogistic, demulcent delitescence

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1. List of paraphrases for "inflammation":

   ignition, flammability, swelling, inflammatory, flame

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1. Josie Znidarsic:

   I don’t think anybody would argue that fact that we know inflammation in the body, which comes from a lot of different sources, is the basis for a lot of chronic health problems, so by controlling that, we would expect to see increased life expectancy … but if we’re not changing those things and just taking ibuprofen, I don’t know if we’re really going to make any headway in that, i feel like there are probably a lot of factors that we could change without medicating with risk.

2. Mitch Prinstein:

   Research now reveals that social rejection activates the same regions of the brain that are known to respond to physical pain, and also expresses dormant DNA to prepare our bodies for imminent injury. Unfortunately, this response is no longer necessary, so the expression of these genes leaves us more vulnerable to viral infections and more likely to suffer from inflammation-related illnesses.

3. Joshua Zeichner:

   Soap has a high pH that can disrupt the outer layer of your skin and cause inflammation and dryness.

4. Julie Holland:

   CBD not only manages the anxiety and cue/craving cycle, it also diminishes the original pain and inflammation that leads to opiate use in the first place.

5. Hanim Ozgul:

   I started feeling pain in my stomach and abdomen and they could never find a reason, later I went to another hopsital. The doctor said that my body had an inflammation. Later they told me to have an X-ray. When the X-ray machine started up it became beeping and a doctor said to me: ‘You have scissors in your pocket.’.