Synonyms of inflammation

inflammation

noun

as in swelling

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swelling
• pain
• stitch
• tingle
• injury
• tenderness
• discomfort
• ache
• sore
• soreness
• distress
• sting
• suffering
• pang
• twinge
• prick
• shoot
• headache
• damage
• misery
• anguish
• harm
• torture
• agony
• smart
• hurt
• torment
• throe
• sufferance
• detriment
• colic
• backache
• toothache
• affliction
• earache
• stomachache
• complaint
• gripe
• bellyache
• charley horse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease
• comfort
• easiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inflammation

Sepsis: This life-threatening reaction to an infection causes widespread inflammation throughout the body and can lead to organ failure. —Lindsay Curtis, Health, 13 Apr. 2025

The researchers looked at cortisol (a stress hormone) levels and levels of cytokines, signaling proteins that modulate the immune response, including inflammation. —New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025

And untreated or untreatable gonorrhea can lead to all sorts of complications, including inflammation of the reproductive organs, infertility, bloodstream infections, rashes, sores and various problems that can keep the joints a-rocking such as pain, stiffness and inflammation. —Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025

Apathy triggered by inflammation may have originally evolved as a protective mechanism. —Adam Kepecs, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025