in|flam|ma|tion

in|flam|ma|tion
in|flam|ma|tion «IHN fluh MAY shuhn», noun.
1. a) a diseased condition of some part of the body, marked by heat, redness, swelling, and pain: »

A boil is an inflammation of the skin.

b) the condition of being inflamed.
2. the action of inflaming.
3. Gunnery. the propagation of ignition from grain to grain when a charge of powder is set off.

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