Inflammation vs. Swelling

Inflammationnoun

The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.

Inflammationnoun

The state of being inflamed

Inflammationnoun

(symptom) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of 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.

Inflammationnoun

(archaic) Violent excitement

Inflammationnoun

The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

Inflammationnoun

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 tenderness, heat and pain. It may be caused by exposure to any number of injurious agents.

Inflammationnoun

Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.

Inflammationnoun

a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

Inflammationnoun

the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up;

Inflammationnoun

arousal to violent emotion

Inflammationnoun

the act of setting on fire or catching fire

Inflammation

Inflammation (from Latin: inflammatio) is part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants, and is a protective response involving immune cells, blood vessels, and molecular mediators. The function of inflammation is to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury, clear out necrotic cells and tissues damaged from the original insult and the inflammatory process, and initiate tissue repair.

Swellingnoun

The state of being swollen.

Swellingnoun

Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.

Swellingnoun

(figurative) A rising, as of passion or anger.

Swellingnoun

The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.

Swellingnoun

A protuberance; a prominence

Swellingnoun

abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

Swellingnoun

the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

Swellingadjective

becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids;