I'm afraid I have an inflammation in my eyes.
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Inflammation
//ɪnfləˈmeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "inflammation" (268 found)
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Closest matches (54)
excitementignitionabscessadenoiditisadrenitisaggravationagitationaguealgesiaanemiaanimationankylosisanoxiaapneaappendicitisarousalarousingarteritisarthritisarthritis deformans
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arthritis fungosaarthritis pauperumasphyxiationasthmaataxiaatrophic arthritisatrophic inflammationatrophybackachebleedingblennorheablennorrhagic arthritisbrain feverbronchitisbunionbursitiscachexiacachexycapillaritiscarditiscatarrhcatarrhal inflammationcerebellitiscerebral meningitiscerebritiscerebrospinal meningitischillchillschronic infectious arthritischronic inflammationcirrhotic inflammationclimactic arthritis
Strong matches (80)
clitoritiscoliccolitiscollagen diseaseconjunctivitisconstipationconvulsioncoughingcyanosiscystitisdegenerative arthritisdiarrheadiffuse inflammationdizzinessdropsydysenterydyspepsiadyspneaedemaelectrification
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emaciationencephalitisendocarditisenteritisequine encephalomyelitisexacerbationexasperationexcitationexhilarationexudative inflammationfaintingfatiguefesteringfeverfibrillationfibroid inflammationfiringflammationfluxfocal inflammationfomentationgalvanizationgastritisgingivitisglossitisgonococcal arthritisgonorrheal arthritisgonorrheal rheumatismgoutgouty arthritisgrowthhemophilic arthritishemorrhagehepatitishigh blood pressurehydropshyperplastic inflammationhypertensionhypertrophic arthritishypertrophic inflammationhypotensionicterusincitationincitementindigestioninfectioninfectional arthritisinfectious hepatitisinfuriationinsomniainstigationirritable bowel syndromeirritation
Noun(7 words)
Related words (134)
itchingjaundicekindlinglabored breathinglaryngitislathering uplightinglighting uplow blood pressurelumbagolumbar rheumatismmarasmusmastoiditismeningitismenopausal arthritismetastatic inflammationmetritismilk legmucous colitismumps meningitis
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myelitisnasal dischargenauseanecrosisnecrotic inflammationnephritisneuritisobliterative inflammationophthalitisophthalmiaorchitisosseous rheumatismosteitisosteoarthritisosteomyelitisotitisovaritispainparadental pyorrheaparalysispenitispep rallypep talkpericarditisperiodontitisperitonitisperturbationpharyngitisphlebitispodagraproliferative arthritisprostatitisprovocationprurituspyonephritispyorrheapyorrhea alveolarisrabble rousingrabble-rousingranklingrashreactive inflammationrednessrheumrheumatismrheumatizrheumatoid arthritisrhinitissclerosing inflammationsclerosisseizuresensitivenessseroplastic inflammationserous inflammationserum hepatitisshocksimple inflammationsinusitisskin eruptionsneezingsoresore spotsorenessspasmspastic colonspecific inflammationsteaming upstimulationstimulusstirringstirring upstirring-upsubacute rheumatismsuppurative arthritissuppurative inflammationswellingsyphilitic arthritistabestachycardiatendernesstennis elbowtestitisthrombophlebitistonsilitistorticollistoxic inflammationtraumatic inflammationtuberculous arthritistuberculous rheumatismtumorulcerulcerative colitisupset stomachuratic arthritisureteritisurethral arthritisurethritisuteritisvaginitisvertebral arthritisvertigovisceral rheumatismvomitingvulvitiswastingwhipping upworking upwryneck
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5 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
89 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- πύρωσις noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- πύρωσις noun (medical condition)
- φλεγμονή noun (medical condition)
Arabic
1 entries- اِلْتِهَاب noun (medical condition)
Armenian
1 entries- բորբոքում noun (medical condition)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- alovlandırma noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- alışdırma noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- iltihab noun (medical condition)
- odlama noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
Bulgarian
2 entries- възпаление noun (medical condition)
- запа́лване noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
Catalan
2 entries- inflamació noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- inflamació noun (medical condition)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 引燃 noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- 炎症 noun (medical condition)
- 發炎 /发炎 noun (medical condition)
Czech
1 entries- zánět noun (medical condition)
Danish
1 entries- betændelse noun (medical condition)
Dutch
1 entries- ontsteking noun (medical condition)
Esperanto
1 entries- inflamo noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
Estonian
1 entries- põletik noun (medical condition)
Finnish
4 entries- liekeissä noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- sytyttäminen noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- sytytys noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- tulehdus noun (medical condition)
French
1 entries- inflammation noun (medical condition)
Galician
2 entries- inflamación noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- inflamación noun (medical condition)
German
2 entries- Entzündung noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- Entzündung noun (medical condition)
Greek
1 entries- φλεγμονή noun (medical condition)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻūpehupehu noun (medical condition)
Hebrew
1 entries- דַּלֶּקֶת noun (medical condition)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyulladás noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- gyulladás noun (medical condition)
Icelandic
2 entries- bólga noun (medical condition)
- þroti noun (medical condition)
Indonesian
2 entries- inflamasi noun (medical condition)
- peradangan noun (medical condition)
Irish
4 entries- adhaint noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- aodh noun (medical condition)
- athlasadh noun (medical condition)
- bruith noun (medical condition)
Italian
1 entries- infiammazione noun (medical condition)
Japanese
2 entries- 炎症 noun (medical condition)
- 点火 noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
Korean
1 entries- 염증 noun (medical condition)
Lao
1 entries- ອັກເສບ noun (medical condition)
Lithuanian
1 entries- uždegimas noun (medical condition)
Malay
2 entries- keradangan noun (medical condition)
- radang noun (medical condition)
Malayalam
1 entries- കോശജ്വലനം noun (medical condition)
Manx
2 entries- ard-lossey noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- ard-lossey noun (medical condition)
Māori
3 entries- mumura noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- mumura noun (medical condition)
- pauku noun (medical condition)
Norman
1 entries- enfliammâtion noun (medical condition)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- kulbûnî noun (medical condition)
Norwegian
1 entries- betennelse noun (medical condition)
Persian
2 entries- التهاب noun (medical condition)
- کردن ورم noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
Polish
1 entries- zapalenie noun (medical condition)
Portuguese
2 entries- inflamação noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- inflamação noun (medical condition)
Romanian
2 entries- aprindere noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- inflamare noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
Russian
3 entries- возгорание noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- воспале́ние noun (medical condition)
- воспламенение noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
Slovak
1 entries- zápal noun (medical condition)
Spanish
2 entries- inflamación noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
- inflamación noun (medical condition)
Swedish
1 entries- inflammation noun (medical condition)
Tagalog
1 entries- pamamaga noun (medical condition)
Tajik
1 entries- илтиҳоб noun (medical condition)
Tamil
1 entries- அழற்சி noun (medical condition)
Thai
1 entries- การอักเสบ noun (medical condition)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pälśalñe noun (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed)
Turkish
2 entries- enflamasyon noun (medical condition)
- iltihap noun (medical condition)
Ukrainian
1 entries- запалення noun (medical condition)
Vietnamese
1 entries- viêm noun (medical condition)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Endometritis is a disease where bacteria enter the uterus and cause inflammation of the inner membrane.
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Last year I suffered from an inflammation of my middle ear.
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Swollen lymph nodes are usually found near the site of an infection, tumour, or inflammation.
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