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noun
The state or quality of being red.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A red discoloration, especially of skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: red
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
Narrower terms: sanguine, chrome red, Turkey red, alizarine red, cardinal, carmine, crimson, ruby, deep red, dark red, purplish red, purplish-red, cerise, cherry, cherry red, scarlet, vermilion, orange red
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: inflammation, 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 English reednes, rednesse, from Old English rēadnes (“redness”), equivalent to red + -ness.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
