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inflammation

[in-fluh-may-shuhn] / ˌɪn fləˈmeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
redness, swelling
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The researchers also detected inflammation in the animals' brains, along with abnormal accumulations of a protein called alpha-synuclein.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

The discoveries suggest that researchers may eventually be able to interfere with the processes responsible for chronic inflammation while leaving the senescent cells themselves intact.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

"Understanding what drives the inflammation, provides a clear explanation for disease in this group of people and opens the door to new treatments that target the autoantibodies themselves or cells that produce those autoantibodies."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

People who carry HLA-DRB1*01:03 are substantially more likely to develop antibodies that interfere with IL-10, providing an explanation for how this genetic risk factor can contribute to severe intestinal inflammation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Finally, after the suffering became intolerable, he relented, was examined, and was told that he was suffering from orchitis, an inflammation of the testicle.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Like other autoimmune diseases, which include rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and lupus, these autoimmune brain inflammations, or encephalitides, arise when antibodies turn against the body.

From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024

These T cells would then no longer be able to tackle the vascular inflammations.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024

In addition to the psychological scars of war, soldiers also come here to treat meningitis, contusions, amputations, lung and nerve inflammations, sleeping disorders, skin diseases, and cardiovascular illnesses, among others.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

Compounds similar to the snake’s active toxin are used to treat inflammations.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

We slept hour after hour, ate a little, tended our frostbites, inflammations, and bruises, mindspoke, slept again.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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