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aggravation

[ag-ruh-vey-shuhn] / ˌæg rəˈveɪ ʃən /




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Aggravation of symptoms around menstruation is just one part of a larger puzzle of the role sex differences play in asthma.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

“It’s not something you can pretend to make happen. Aggravation is not always funny.”

From New York Times • May 11, 2022

Q. Aggravation at 30,000 Feet: My husband, a bright, sensitive, and creative sort, often travel together.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2015

Aggravation can be found daily in any marketplace from poor merchandise, confusing guarantees and disgruntled sales help.

From Time Magazine Archive

The uniformity of acute inflammatory processes becomes still more apparent when we follow them through their five succeeding stages, that is: Incubation, Aggravation, Destruction, Abatement and Reconstruction, as illustrated in the following diagram: I. Incubation.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry




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