inflammatory disease
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- noun
- /ɪnˈflæməˌtɔri dɪˈziːz/
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enfermedad inflamatoria
- Acne vulgaris is an inflammatory disease of the skin, affecting a large percentage of people, especially during puberty.
- chronic inflammatory disease
- autoimmune inflammatory disease
So acne is defined by modern medicine as a chronic inflammatory disease of the pylocebaceous unit.
- So acne is defined by modern medicine as a chronic inflammatory disease of the pylocebaceous unit.
- And it turns out low grade inflammation is part of many common diseases that people wouldn't think of as inflammatory diseases.
- And if left untreated, STI's can cause very serious health risks such as pelvic inflammatory disease.
- Things like rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, inflammatory diseases of the gut, and and so on.
- So things to treat inflammatory diseases and cancer often times are things that block steps in nucleotide metabolism.
Examples
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So acne is defined by modern medicine as a chronic inflammatory disease of the pylocebaceous unit.
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the joints.
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It's a common chronic inflammatory disease.
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It's a common, chronic inflammatory disease.
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Advice, continuing support, and monitoring of risk are essential for those with SLE and other inflammatory diseases.
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Atherosclerosis is a systemic inflammatory disease that is associated with several genetic and environmental risk factors.
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Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of large and medium-sized arteries.
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the synovial membrane, leading to bone damage and joint destruction.
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Stress can contribute to chronic inflammatory diseases such as asthma and arthritis.
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Patients with diabetes are at a higher risk of developing various inflammatory diseases.
How Inflammatory
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: the adjective 'inflammatory' (relating to inflammation) simply modifies 'disease', yielding a disease characterized by inflammation. This adjective+noun pattern is regular and cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Inflammatory disease comes from the word inflammation, which originally meant 'to set on fire' and gives a picture of body tissue looking red, hot and swollen. So an inflammatory disease is a disease where part of the body becomes 'red and swollen' and often feels hot, like it is burning inside.