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Search   Web Kids.Net.Au Thesaurus   Sponsors	Thesaurus > Related Words: inflammation Words related to inflammation Related / Similar Words: ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflaming, excitement, excitation, fervor, fervour, redness, rubor Definition: the act of setting on fire or catching fire; arousal to violent emotion; the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"; a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat;   Hyponyms: fever pitch, sensation, adenitis, alveolitis, dry socket, angiitis, aortitis, appendicitis, arteritis, balanitis, balanoposthitis, blepharitis, bursitis, carditis, catarrh, cellulitis, cervicitis, cheilitis, cholangitis, cholecystitis, chorditis, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, colpitis, colpocystitis, conjunctivitis, pinkeye, corditis, costochondritis, dacryocystitis, diverticulitis, encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis, encephalomyelitis, endarteritis, endocervicitis, enteritis, epicondylitis, epididymitis, epiglottitis, episcleritis, esophagitis, oesophagitis, fibrositis, fibromyositis, folliculitis, funiculitis, gastritis, glossitis, hydrarthrosis, ileitis, iridocyclitis, iridokeratitis, iritis, jejunitis, jejunoileitis, keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis, keratoiritis, keratoscleritis, laminitis, founder, laryngitis, laryngopharyngitis, laryngotracheobronchitis, lymphadenitis, lymphangitis, mastitis, mastoiditis, metritis, endometritis, myelitis, myositis, myometritis, neuritis, oophoritis, orchitis, osteitis, otitis, pancreatitis, parametritis, parotitis, peritonitis, peritoneal inflammation, phalangitis, phlebitis, pneumonitis, posthitis, proctitis, prostatitis, rachitis, radiculitis, retinitis, rhinitis, coryza, sinusitis, salpingitis, scleritis, sialadenitis, splenitis, spondylitis, stomatitis, synovitis, tarsitis, tendinitis, tendonitis, thyroiditis, tonsillitis, tracheitis, tracheobronchitis, tympanitis, ulitis, ureteritis, uveitis, uvulitis, vaginitis, valvulitis, vasculitis, vasovesiculitis, vesiculitis, vulvitis, vulvovaginitis, shin splints Attributes: exciting, unexciting Part Meronyms: inflammatory disease Derivational Morphology: kindle, inflame, enkindle, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, light, stir up, wake, heat, fire up, stimulate, excite, stir, shake, shake up Find words starting with:     A B C     D E F     G H I     J K L     M N O     P Q R     S T U     V W X     Y Z

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