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inflammatory

[in-flam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ɪnˈflæm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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The company decided to pause its program during regular study protocol after researchers identified “transient and reversible inflammatory events,” according to a Bristol Myers spokesperson.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Novartis said its drug reduced the annualized relapse rate and inflammatory brain lesions relative to the rival medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The team then tested whether interrupting one of those inflammatory signals could reverse the problem.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Some experts mentioned other technological solutions to help with public health: namely, the tweaking of algorithms to make it so the most inflammatory accounts aren’t always rewarded.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

It was obviously a ploy to distract me and keep me from doing anything else inflammatory in the districts.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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