INFLAMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inflamed mean? 

• INFLAMED (adjective)
  The adjective INFLAMED has 3 senses:

1. resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened

2. lighted with red light as if with flames

3. adorned with tongues of flame

  Familiarity information: INFLAMED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFLAMED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened

Context example:

eyes inflamed with crying

Similar:

unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lighted with red light as if with flames

Synonyms:

ablaze; inflamed; reddened

Context example:

reddened faces around the campfire

Similar:

light (characterized by or emitting light)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Adorned with tongues of flame

Similar:

adorned; decorated (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)

Domain category:

heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)

 Context examples 

A condition in which the female reproductive organs are inflamed.

(Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, NCI Dictionary)

This inflamed his rage; he repeated his threatenings, and turning to his companions, spoke with great vehemence in the Japanese language, as I suppose, often using the word Christianos.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Peptic ulcers form when cells on the surface of the lining become inflamed and die.

(Peptic Ulcer, NCI Dictionary)

PECAM-1 mediates the migration of monocytes and other immune cells into inflamed tissues through interaction with vascular endothelial cells.

(Monocyte Phagocytosis and Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A vascular connective tissue formed on the surface of a healing wound, ulcer, or inflamed tissue.

(Granulation Tissue, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Injured, inflamed, or damaged cartilage can cause symptoms such as pain and limited movement.

(Cartilage Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

An abscess is a sign of infection and is usually swollen and inflamed.

(Abscess, NCI Dictionary)

A cell found in peripheral blood, lymphoid tissue, and some inflamed tissue.

(Plasmacytoid Monocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

Your doctor may take a sample of fluid from an inflamed joint to look for crystals.

(Gout, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

I had been awake the whole of the preceding night, my nerves were agitated, and my eyes inflamed by watching and misery.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)