different between inflammation vs proinflammatory

English

Etymology

From Middle French inflammation, from Latin ?nflamm?ti?, ?nflamm?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nfl??me???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

inflammation (countable and uncountable, plural inflammations)

1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
2. The state of being inflamed
3. (pathology) 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.
4. (archaic) Violent excitement

   an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties

   Synonyms: passion, animosity, turbulence, heat

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:inflammation

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?nflamm?ti?, ?nflamm?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fla.ma.sj??/
• Homophone: inflammations

Noun

inflammation f (plural inflammations)

1. inflammation

References

• “inflammation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• pro-inflammatory

Etymology

pro- +? inflammatory

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?o?.?n?flæm.??t??.i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???.?n?flæm.?.t?i/

Adjective

proinflammatory (comparative more proinflammatory, superlative most proinflammatory)

1. (biology) Producing or promoting inflammation.

   Antonym: anti-inflammatory

Translations

Noun

proinflammatory (plural proinflammatories)

1. (medicine, rare) An inflammatory substance.
   • 1999, Eugene R. Zampieron and Ellen Kamhi, Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Arthritis [1], ?ISBN, page 30:

     "The second wave of proinflammatories (or chemotactic factors) are released to activate white blood cells so they can begin attacking pathogens... "