inflammation
炎症,发炎
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- : Pathology. redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents.
- : the act or fact of inflaming.
- : the state of being inflamed.
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The word inflammation was an essential one to early accounts of the virus coming out China a year ago.
In a 2019 study that inspired the randomized trial, mice that lacked sigma-1 receptor died from systemic inflammation known as sepsis, whereas fluvoxamine treatment protected animals from deterioration and death.
Obesity in some situations appears to be associated with chronic inflammation, which we think can be a driver of cancer.
When stress is reduced, inflammation is reduced, and the immune system is better equipped to fight off infection and illness.
In experiments on pairs of mice, one mouse received an injection that caused arthritis-like inflammation in one hind paw while the other mouse was unharmed.
You get vaccinated in the arm, you shouldn't have inflammation in the joint.
The truth is that any exercise releases cortisol and results in a certain level of inflammation—and this is a good thing!
Their goals are not weight reduction or reducing inflammation, but rather, to race as fast as possible.
Animal studies showed a correlation between inflammation and cancer growth.
Over-training is the result of systemic inflammation and under-recovery—not aerobic exercise.
He was threatened with erysipelas, and there was a rather critical inflammation of the left eye.