different between proinflammatory vs antiinflammation

proinflammatory

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... "

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antiinflammation

English

Alternative forms

  • anti-inflammation

Etymology

anti- +? inflammation

Adjective

antiinflammation (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) antiinflammatory

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