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Inflammation of the myocardium.

Inflammation of the muscles.

The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a…

Ruth ii. 11. These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame. Milton.

Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty.

An inflammation of the kidneys.

Inflammation of a nerve.

Niter. Nitrum flammans Etym: [L., flaming niter] (Old Chem.), ammonium nitrate; -- probably so called because it deflagerates when suddenly heated.

ydrocarcons (C8H18) of the methane series. The most important is a colorless, volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of benzene or ligroin.

An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.

Inflammation of the testicles.

stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye. The flaming glories of Orion's belt. E. Everett.

Inflammation of bone.

Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.

Inflammation of the ear.

Inflammation of the ovaries.

A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus). Owlet moth (Zoöl.), any noctuid moth.

A contrivance for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp; -- called also oxygenator.

A light produced by the incandescence of some substances, esp. lime, in the oxyhydrogen flame. Coal gas (producing the oxygas light), or the vapor of ether (oxyether light) or methylated spirit (oxyspirit light), may be substituted for hydrogen.

Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.