inflammationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌɪn.fləˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.fləˈmeɪ.ʃən/a red, painful, and often swollen area in or on a part of your body:
Aspirin reduces pain and inflammation.
an inflammation of the eye/toe/ear
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Swellings & lumps
- acoustic neuroma
- adenoma hyperplastic nodules
- angioma
- aortic aneurysm
- atypical lipoma
- goitre
- inflammatory
- leiomyoma
- lump
- lymphoedema
- mastitis
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- oedema
- pancreatic mass
- polyp
- puffy
- swelling
- swollen
- turgid
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