inflammation

B2 Topic:The Human Body

US /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #20419

Meanings

1

noun
A red, hot, painful, and swollen part of the body, caused by injury or infection.

The doctor gave her cream to reduce the inflammation around the wound.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a red, hot, painful, and... swelling redness

Word family

Forms inflammations

Derived forms antiinflammationautoinflammationfibroinflammationhyperinflammationhypoinflammationimmunoinflammationinflammageinflammagingmetainflammationmicroinflammationnecroinflammationneuroinflammation

Related forms flammabilityflammableflammablyflammuleinflammable inflammatory

Etymology

From Middle French inflammation, from Latin īnflammātiō, equivalent to inflame + -ation.

inflammation Middle French inflammatio Latin

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Topics

The Human Body

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# inflammation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 20419

## Meanings
1. A red, hot, painful, and swollen part of the body, caused by injury or infection.

## Examples
- The doctor gave her cream to reduce the inflammation around the wound.

## Derived Forms
- antiinflammation
- autoinflammation
- fibroinflammation
- hyperinflammation
- hypoinflammation
- immunoinflammation
- inflammage
- inflammaging
- metainflammation
- microinflammation
- necroinflammation
- neuroinflammation

## Related Forms
- flammability
- flammable
- flammably
- flammule
- inflammable
- inflammatory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: inflammation
- Root: inflammatio

## Etymology
From Middle French inflammation, from Latin īnflammātiō, equivalent to inflame + -ation.

## AI Etymology
Inflammation comes from Middle French inflammation, from Latin īnflammātiō, equivalent to inflame + -ation. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- The Human Body

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