inflammatory disease

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Inflammation
Inflammation (Latin, ) is part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.

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inflammatory disease

Noun
1. a disease characterized by inflammation
(hypernym) disease
(hyponym) necrotizing enterocolitis, NEC
(part-meronym) inflammation, redness, rubor