Definition of inflammatory disease Inflammatory disease
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What does inflammatory disease mean?
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| inflammatory disease - a disease characterized by inflammation | ||
| disease an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | ||
| nec, necrotizing enterocolitis an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow | ||
| gastroenteritis, intestinal flu, stomach flu inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis | ||
| pelvic inflammatory disease, pid inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge | ||
| empyema a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity) | ||
| pleurisy inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer) | ||
| pyelitis inflammation of the renal pelvis | ||
| pharyngitis, raw throat, sore throat inflammation of the fauces and pharynx | ||
| angina any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain | ||
| arthritis inflammation of a joint or joints | ||
| acne an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones | ||
| rubor, redness, inflammation arousal to violent emotion | ||
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