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单词 inflammation
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inflammationn.

/ɪnfləˈmeɪʃən/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s inflamation.
Etymology: < Latin inflammātiōn-em, noun of action < inflammāre to set on fire: compare French inflammation , 14th cent. in Littré in sense 2, 16th cent. in sense 3: these senses were also in Latin.
1.
a. The action of inflaming; setting on fire or catching fire; the condition of being in flames, conflagration.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire
incension?a1475
inflammation1563
accension1646
ignition1816
1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 31 A thycke Exhalation violently moued out of a cloude without inflammation or burning.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §366 We will first therefore speake..of Bodies Enflamed, wholly, and immediatly, without any Wieke to helpe the Inflammation.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 269 More proper it had been, that such an inflammation [sc. that of the Cities of the Plain] should have left an Ætna, Hecla or Vesuvius behinde it.
1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 185 These different substances require very different degrees of heat, in order to excite their inflammation.
1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xiii. 313 One of the commonest experiments..is that of producing inflammation by mixing two fluids perfectly cold.
1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. 230 The inflammation of a gas by electricity.
b. concrete. Something in flames or on fire; a blazing body or appearance. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > flame or blaze > flaming or blazing > a flaming body or appearance
inflammation1563
1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 27 If lightninge or any other inflammation be in ye upper part of these clouds.
1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 31 Another will foretell of Lightning and Thunder..when there are no such Inflamations seene.
1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 443 One of these inflammations [meteors], of a very extraordinary largeness, was seen at Quito whilst we were there.
2.
a. The action of inflaming mentally, of firing the mind, passions, senses, etc. (in quot. 1597 at sense 2b with liquor); the condition of being so inflamed; excitement, fervour. Also, with an and plural, an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun]
heatc825
earnestOE
fervour1340
ardourc1386
fever heata1398
burning1398
lowea1425
fervencec1430
ferventnessc1430
flame1548
ardency1549
fervency1554
fire1579
calenture1596
inflammation1600
warmth1600
brimstonea1616
incandescence1656
fervidness1692
candency1723
glow1748
white heat1814
hwyl1899
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] > stirring up or inflaming passion
incensinga1513
inflaming1530
inflammation1600
incendmenta1645
incension1675
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 92 They are generally fooles and cowards, which some of vs should be too but for inflammation . View more context for this quotation
1609–38 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece in Wks. (1874) V. 184 Our hearts with inflammations burne.
1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 24 Their Bodies were divided, but their Affections meet with a higher Inflammation.
1777 E. Burke Addr. to King Jan. in Writings & Speeches (1996) III. 265 The means of calming a people in a state of extreme inflammation.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. vii. 250 The combustion..was soon communicated to the rest, whose bosoms were perfectly prepared for inflammation.
b. An incitement; a kindling of devotion. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates
prickleOE
pritchOE
alighting1340
brodc1375
bellowsc1386
pricka1387
motivec1390
prompting1402
preparativec1450
stirmentc1460
incentive?a1475
fomenta1500
farda1522
instigation1526
pointing1533
swinge1548
spur1551
whetstone1551
goad1567
promptitude1578
alarm1587
inducement1593
solicitor1594
incitement1596
inflammation1597
instance1597
excitement1604
moving spirit1604
heart-blood1606
inflamer1609
rouser1611
stimulator1614
motioner1616
incensivea1618
incitative1620
incitation1622
whettera1625
impulsivea1628
excitation1628
incendiary1628
dispositive1629
fomentationa1631
switch1630
stirrer1632
irritament1634
provocative1638
impetus1641
driving force1642
driving power1642
engagement1642
firer1653
propellant1654
fomentary1657
impulse1660
urgency1664
impeller1686
fillip1699
shove1724
incitive1736
stimulative1747
bonus1787
stimulus1791
impellent1793
stimulant1794
propulsion1800
instigant1833
propulsive1834
motive power1836
evoker1845
motivity1857
afflatus1865
flip1881
urge1882
agent provocateur1888
will to power1896
a shot in the arm1922
motivator1929
driver1971
co-driver1993
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxiv. 69 The minde..taketh euery where new inflammations to pray.
3. Pathology. A morbid process affecting some organ or part of the body, characterized by excessive heat, swelling, pain, and redness; also, a particular instance or occurrence of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > inflammation > [noun]
heatc1000
fireOE
burning1382
phlegmona1398
disdainc1400
angerc1440
scaldingc1450
brounes1528
inflaming1530
combustion?1541
inflammation1541
incension1598
fieriness1600
angriness1612
exustion1657
phlogosis1666
phlegmasia1706
scald1882
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. xxx. 47 b Much sleepe augmenteth heate, more than is necessary, wherby hot fumes and inflamacions are often ingendred.
1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 26v/1 The patient complayned of great payne and heate, and inflammation.
1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xiii. 28 If the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin,..it is an inflammation of the burning. View more context for this quotation
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 249 It is reckoned good in Inflammations of the Bowels.
1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 39 The term Inflammation has long been employed by medical men, to denote the existence of an unusual degree of redness, pain, heat, and swelling, in any of the textures or organs of which the human body is composed.
1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 54 The most common disease of the eye is inflammation of the conjunctiva.
4. Augmentation of price or charge: cf. inflame v. 4b. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > (an) increase in price
enhancing1490
hoising1568
enhancement1577
advance1642
rise1645
inflammation1821
exaltation1866
raise1883
surpreciation1884
bulge1890
up1897
hike1931
uplift1949
1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xxxv. 20 That climax of all human ills, The inflammation of his weekly bills.
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