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INFLAMMATORY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized or caused by inflammation
Example:
an inflammatory response
Classified under:
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Derivation:
inflame (become inflamed; get sore)
inflame (cause inflammation in)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arousing to action or rebellion
Synonyms:
incendiary; incitive; inflammatory; instigative; rabble-rousing; seditious
Classified under:
Similar:
provocative (serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy)
Derivation:
inflame (arouse or excite feelings and passions)
Context examples:
An acute and painful inflammatory process that affects the pharynx.
(Acute Pharyngitis, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute inflammatory process that affects the prostate gland.
(Acute Prostatitis, NCI Thesaurus)
A chronic, benign, and usually painless inflammatory swelling of the lacrimal and salivary glands.
(Mikulicz Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A chronic inflammatory process characterized by the accumulation of a small number of lymphocytes and plasma cells.
(Mild Chronic Inflammation, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt of minocycline, a broad spectrum long-acting derivative of the antibiotic tetracycline, with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities.
(Minocycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Montelukast selectively and competitively blocks the cysteinyl leukotriene 1 (CysLT1) receptor, preventing binding of the inflammatory mediator leukotriene D4 (LTD4).
(Montelukast sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
A systemic administered polymeric micelle containing paclitaxel that may be used for chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
(Micellar Paclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties.
(Methylprednisolone, NCI Thesaurus)
Morphologically, there is an inflammatory infiltrate composed of lymphocytes and neutrophils and vascular damage in the rejected tissue.
(Acute Rejection, NCI Thesaurus)
The ADAM gene products with known functions act in a highly diverse set of biological processes, including fertilization, neurogenesis, myogenesis, embryonic TGF-alpha release and the inflammatory response.
(ADAM Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
