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The act of setting in a flame or blaze. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed. "The inflammation of fat." Wilkins.

Glandular inflammation. Dunglison.

adhere; clinging. Thomson. Adhesive attraction. (Physics) See Attraction. -- Adhesive inflammation (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. -- Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil.

An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.

Counteracting inflammation.

Inflammation of the aorta.

Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.

Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.

Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.

Inflammation of an artery or arteries. Dunglison.

Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout.

A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter. Dunglison.

Inflammation of the eyelids. -- Bleph`a*rit"ic (#), a.

An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation.

Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.

Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.

An inflammation, with enlargement, of a limphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.

An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursæ muscosæ), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe.