Inflammation



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 激怒; 炽热; 炎症
• ［英］ 激怒, 炽热;炎症 ( condition in which a part of the body is red, swollen and sore , esp because of infection)
• ［类］ 反义词: mollification ( 缓和)
• ［记］ in ( 进入) +flam ( 火焰) +m+ation -> 进入火焰 -> 炽热

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. a local response to cellular injury that is marked by capillary dilatation, leukocytic infiltration, redness, heat, and pain and that serves as a mechanism initiating the elimination of noxious agents and of damaged tissue
• 2. the act of inflaming ; the state of being inflamed

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