(p. a.) Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.
(p. a.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sepsis resulted from intravenous absorption through inflamed or disrupted urothelium.
(2) The aim of our experiments was to investigate firstly whether during an acute inflammatory process platelets accumulate in the inflamed area and secondly whether the inflammation has an effect on the properties of the platelets.
(3) This system may serve as a model to explain the mechanisms by which cells accumulate in inflamed joints.
(4) Instead of healing the nation after a fractious referendum he inflamed the situation.
(5) "On the contrary, they often serve to inflame rather than mollify the feelings of those involved."
(6) More seriously, but no less predictably, the inflaming of sectarianism will have knock-on effects in Syria and Iraq.
(7) At both 24 h and 1 week, the inflamed paw showed pronounced supersensitivity to the antinociceptive action of morphine against noxious pressure.
(8) When given 30 min after acetic acid instillation SC-41930 prevented the rise in myeloperoxidase and dye extravasation observed in the acetic acid inflammed tissue.
(9) This functions is disturbed in inflamed joints by the decrease in the HA concentration and possibly by its depolymerization.
(10) Uptake in inflamed tissue of three cholesterol-rich liposome preparations was always significantly greater than the uptake noted in normal tissue.
(11) The row had been inflamed over the weekend by a series of leaks about the spiralling price of Gove's free schools and high costs of Clegg's free school meals, giving Labour ammunition to attack the government's education policy in Westminster.
(12) Any unilateral action by the president seemed sure to inflame gun advocates, who argue that gun sales are protected under the second amendment and who equate gun control with tyranny.
(13) These findings suggest that H pylori may add to the local production of paf in inflamed gastric mucosa.
(14) Sodium fluorescein and fluorescinated dextrans (FD) of selected molecular weights were combined and perfused into the anterior chamber of normal and inflamed eyes of cynomolgus monkeys.
(15) Overgrowth of cartilage by inflamed synovium was seen within 3-6 days of induction of arthritis and by day 12 the interface between these two tissues was largely indistinguishable.
(16) Whereas NS of allergic and inflamed noses extracted allergens very rapidly, NS of normal noses showed no extraction activity.
(17) Of 22 selected gingival areas, an average of 5.4 was inflamed, and 2.9 were severely inflamed.
(18) Tight junctions only occur in inflamed tissue between the most superficial cells usually as part of a lateral intercellular junctional complex that also contains belt desmosomes.
(19) While arguments will persist over the rights and wrongs of publishing, what seems certain is that the incident will inflame already tense relations between Buckingham Palace and the European media.
(20) The fascia was inflamed and fibrotic, and adjacent skeletal muscle often showed perifascicular inflammation.
Inflammation
Definition:
(n.) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
(n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
(n.) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors conclude that H. pylori alone causes little or no effect on an intact gastric mucosa in the rat, that either intact organisms or bacteria-free filtrates cause similar prolongation and delayed healing of pre-existing ulcers with active chronic inflammation, and that the presence of predisposing factors leading to disruption of gastric mucosal integrity may be required for the H. pylori enhancement of inflammation and tissue damage in the stomach.
(2) The authors followed up the occurrence of inflammation-mediated osteopenia (IMO) in young and adult rats weighing 50 g and 150 g, respectively.
(3) The base materials caused more pulpal inflammation than the control material, Kalzinol, although by an indirect mechanism.
(4) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
(5) The authors describe the role played by these substances in the pathogenesis of inflammations, their importance in the regulation of intraocular pressure and in the development of cystoid macular oedema.
(6) The aim of our experiments was to investigate firstly whether during an acute inflammatory process platelets accumulate in the inflamed area and secondly whether the inflammation has an effect on the properties of the platelets.
(7) A patient with abdominal discomfort and hematemesis was found to have lower esophageal inflammation on endoscopy.
(8) Hence, presence of IgG rheumatoid factor correlated positively with the presence of rheumatoid disease, and evidence was established that certain features of rheumatoid inflammation occur in dental periapical lesions of many patients with rheumatoid disease.
(9) The development of pulmonary edema in high-altitude residents with upper respiratory infections and no antecedent low-altitude journey is consistent with the presence of other factors such as inflammation, which may play a role in the pathogenesis of the edema.
(10) Vulvovaginal inflammations and infections in the premenarchal child are caused by a large number of etiologic agents.
(11) However, coinciding with the height of inflammation and clinical signs at 12 dpi, the GFAP mRNA content dropped to approximately 50% of the level at 11 dpi but rose again at 13 dpi.
(12) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(13) On the other hand, the compound was more potent on secondary or late stage than on primary stage of inflammation, and to some extent showed the mode of action seen with steroid antiinflammatory drugs.
(14) Although the mechanism(s) by which melanin augments inflammation has not been defined, these data suggest that the binding of serum components (such as antibodies) to melanin may contribute to its proinflammatory effect.
(15) Morphologic and microbiologic study of the operation and biopsy specimens, obtained from 73 patients with odontogenic inflammatory processes has shown that in 38% of cases the inflammation was induced by mixed fungal and bacterial flora.
(16) Major reported complications include hemorrhage, perforation, biliary and pancreatic obstruction, and inflammation with intestinal obstruction.
(17) In adults it reappears in malignant tumors and during inflammation and tissue repair.
(18) The data indicate that activated helper T cells are required and sufficient to give rise to the inflammatory infiltrates that are characteristic of the inflammations and exacerbations in human rheumatoid arthritis.
(19) The mice that remained asymptomatic at this time showed few signs of inflammation and none developed clinical disease over the following 9 months.
(20) Experiments have been performed using CO2 laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses, and they demonstrated the following features, in comparison with conventional anastomoses: ease in technique; less time consumption; less tissue inflammation; early wound healing; equivalency of patency rate and inner pressure tolerance; but only about 50 percent of the tensile strength of manual-suture anastomosis.