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Inflammation of a capsule, as that of the crystalline lens.

A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a cent…

Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocardris and Pericarditis. Dunglison.

eration, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.

Inflammation of the cerebrum.

spinal fever (Med.), a dangerous epidemic, and endemic, febrile disease, characterized by inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, giving rise to severe headaches, tenderness of the back of the neck, paralysis of the ocular muscles, etc. It is sometimes marked by a cutaneous eruption, when it is ofte…

A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.

An inflammation of cartilage.

An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.

Inflammation of the conjunctiva.

lmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption. Consumption of the bowels (Med.), inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease.

rosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. Dunglison.

Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.

Inflammation of the bladder.

humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation. Dunglison.

The sudden disappearance of inflammation.

Inflammation of the skin.

Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as, diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder.

Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage. Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. South.

A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.