inflammatory disease

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inflammatory disease - a disease characterized by inflammation disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis - an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow gastroenteritis, intestinal flu, stomach flu - inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis pelvic inflammatory disease, PID - inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge empyema - a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity) pleurisy - inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer) pyelitis - inflammation of the renal pelvis pharyngitis, raw throat, sore throat - inflammation of the fauces and pharynx angina - any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain arthritis - inflammation of a joint or joints acne - an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat urinary tract infection - any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract