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a condition in which a part of your body becomes red, swollen, and painful
The drug is used to reduce inflammation. Inflammation around a wound can signal an infection.
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Recent Examples of inflammation
Sitting Too Much Living a mostly inactive lifestyle is linked to chronic inflammation.
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2026
Subclinical nasal inflammation from dust mites, pet dander or mold doesn’t need to produce obvious symptoms to disrupt airflow during sleep.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2026
Nate rushed her to the hospital, where doctors ran countless tests and determined that Tera had autoimmune myopathy, a condition in which the immune system attacks muscles, causing inflammation, weakness and fatigue.
—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 17 Apr. 2026
These substances help protect your cells from damage and limit inflammation in the body.
—Caitlin Beale, Health, 17 Apr. 2026
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2026
Subclinical nasal inflammation from dust mites, pet dander or mold doesn’t need to produce obvious symptoms to disrupt airflow during sleep.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2026
Nate rushed her to the hospital, where doctors ran countless tests and determined that Tera had autoimmune myopathy, a condition in which the immune system attacks muscles, causing inflammation, weakness and fatigue.
—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 17 Apr. 2026
These substances help protect your cells from damage and limit inflammation in the body.
—Caitlin Beale, Health, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflammation
Noun
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Further investigation showed that the baby had suffered a skull fracture, ruptured blood vessels in her eyes, brain bleeding and swelling.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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Children who recover can still face devastating ear infections, pneumonia, diarrhea, dehydration, malnourishment, blindness, and brain swelling.—
Penelope Gatlin,
STAT,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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To what extent can the nonrepresentation of pain cause pain?—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Who Typically Gets This Surgery Per Cleveland Clinic, candidates typically have degenerative disc disease causing persistent neck pain, arm numbness, tingling or weakness that hasn’t responded to conservative treatment.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Inflammation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflammation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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