inflamed
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4.3
- adjective
- /ɪnˈfleɪmd/
:
inflamado
- Her bones ached, every joint feeling inflamed and stiff.
- inflamed middle ear
Also, just being inflamed all the time is nightmarish.
- Also, just being inflamed all the time is nightmarish.
- So what is the root cause of those inflamed adenoids and tonsils?
- You know, dermatologists, they understand that when the body is inflamed, the skin looks terrible.
- Sunspots, brown spots, discoloration, even red inflamed patches disappear in front of your very eyes.
- It uses dual action skin technology to visibly reduce and improve red, inflamed and even blotchy skin.
- An inflamed gut for some people will result in inflamed joints or an inflamed brain or inflamed skin.
- Well, these mybomian glands can become inflamed and then the oils become very thick and cloudy.
- And when a prostate is enlarged and inflamed, your enlarged prostate symptoms get even worse.
- But what we do see is parts of the brain that are sort of inflamed, so to speak, by trauma.
- But there have been times where my skin just looks so irritated and so inflamed.
- Like her face was noticeably like less inflamed and swollen.
- There's so much tissue that is inflamed that this that's why this is showing up.
- I feel like my skin looks so like not inflamed, not puffy.
Examples
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After the fall, her ankle was inflamed, making it difficult for her to walk.
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Farmers reported feverish hogs with inflamed eyes and running snouts.
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My heel was still in the inflamed stage.
Fiction book (1990) -
You have an inflamed appendix, you take it out.
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The surgeon told him later that it was the most inflamed appendix he had seen in 20 years.
Blog text (19) -
Ladies and gentlemen, we have here a 46-year-old male... with an inflamed appendix.
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"His tonsils and other tissues are highly inflamed," said Reuben.
Fiction book (2002) -
As my uterine lining was all inflamed, that could have caused all the early miscarriages.
Blog text (30) -
Luckily, the ultrasound showed only very inflamed tissue, but no abscess.
Blog text (26) -
On examination of the airway, the soft palate and posterior pharyngeal walls were inflamed and congested.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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3.8
Painful red skin caused by rubbing or being hurt
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3.4
Sore when touched or moved
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8.1
Red, painful, and swollen
Having red, inflamed skin that looks sore after irritation
Antonyms
How Inflamed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inflamed was later used for the body because the idea of being 'on fire' fits the signs: flammare means 'to set on fire', so people used inflamed for parts that become hot, red and often painful. So an inflamed throat or skin is 'very red and sore' as if it were 'burning'.