HyperDic: inflammatory_disease

English > 1 sense of the expression inflammatory disease:
NOUNstateinflammatory diseasea disease characterized by inflammation
English > inflammatory disease: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA disease characterized by inflammation.
Partsinflammation, redness, ruborA response of body tissues to injury or irritation
NarroweracneAn inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin
anginaAny disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
arthritisinflammation of a joint or joints
empyemaA collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity)
gastroenteritis, stomach flu, intestinal fluinflammation of the stomach and intestines
necrotizing enterocolitis, NECAn acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants
pelvic inflammatory disease, PIDinflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia)
pleurisyinflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)
pyelitisinflammation of the renal pelvis
sore throat, pharyngitis, raw throatinflammation of the fauces and pharynx
urinary tract infectionAny infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract
BroaderdiseaseAn impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
Spanishenfermedad inflamatoria
Catalanmalaltia inflamatòria

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