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noun
The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ignition
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being inflamed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Violent excitement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Synonyms: passion, animosity, turbulence, heat
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of setting something on fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ignition, firing, lighting, kindling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: burning, combustion
noun
arousal to violent emotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: inflaming
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arousal, rousing
noun
the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: excitement, excitation, fervor, fervour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emotional arousal
Narrower terms: fever pitch, sensation
noun
a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: redness, rubor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symptom
Narrower terms: adenitis, alveolitis, dry socket, angiitis, aortitis, appendicitis, arteritis, balanitis, balanoposthitis, blepharitis, bursitis, carditis, catarrh, cellulitis, cervicitis, cheilitis, cholangitis, cholecystitis, chorditis, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, colpitis, colpocystitis, conjunctivitis, pinkeye, corditis, costochondritis, dacryocystitis, diverticulitis, encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis, encephalomyelitis, endarteritis, endocervicitis, enteritis, epicondylitis, epididymitis, epiglottitis, episcleritis, esophagitis, oesophagitis, fibrositis, fibromyositis, folliculitis, funiculitis, gastritis, glossitis, hydrarthrosis, ileitis, iridocyclitis, iridokeratitis, iritis, jejunitis, jejunoileitis, keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis, keratoiritis, keratoscleritis, laminitis, founder, laryngitis, laryngopharyngitis, laryngotracheobronchitis, lymphadenitis, lymphangitis, mastitis, mastoiditis, metritis, endometritis, myelitis, myositis, myometritis, neuritis, oophoritis, orchitis, osteitis, otitis, ovaritis, pancreatitis, parametritis, parotitis, peritonitis, peritoneal inflammation, phalangitis, phlebitis, pneumonitis, posthitis, proctitis, prostatitis, rachitis, radiculitis, retinitis, rhinitis, coryza, sinusitis, salpingitis, scleritis, sialadenitis, splenitis, spondylitis, stomatitis, synovitis, tarsitis, tendinitis, tendonitis, tenonitis, thyroiditis, tonsillitis, tracheitis, tracheobronchitis, tympanitis, ulitis, ureteritis, uveitis, uvulitis, vaginitis, valvulitis, vasculitis, vasovesiculitis, vesiculitis, vulvitis, vulvovaginitis, shin splints
History
From Middle French inflammation, from Latin īnflammātiō, equivalent to inflame + -ation.
Across languages
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