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# inflammation

«inflammation» in Mova's school dictionary: **when part of the body becomes red, swollen, hot and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (inflammation; inflammations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Inflammation is when part of the body becomes red, swollen, hot and painful, usually because it is hurt or fighting an infection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/#m1)

2) Inflammation is the body's own defence reaction that brings extra blood and helper cells to a damaged place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons inflammation is explained as the immune system at work: a sprained ankle or an infected cut swells. Many illness names ending in «-itis» mean inflammation: tonsillitis, appendicitis, conjunctivitis. Phrases: «inflammation of», «reduce inflammation», «signs of inflammation».

### examples

- My sprained ankle showed inflammation, so I put ice on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/#x1)
- Tonsillitis is an inflammation of the tonsils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/#x2)
- Redness and swelling are signs of inflammation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/#x3)
- The doctor gave her medicine to reduce the inflammation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/#x4)
- Inflammation is the body's way of protecting itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/#x5)
- A bee sting causes inflammation around the spot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/#x6)
- But one of the tree’s prickles pierced his finger and caused great pain and inflammation, so that the young Prince fell down in a fainting fit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/#x7)

### note

Spelled «inflammation» with two «m»s, but the adjective is «inflammatory» and the verb «inflame». Not the same as «inflammable» (catches fire easily). The ending «-itis» in medicine means inflammation.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inflammation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.