(えんしょう)

えんしょう
noun
inflammation
See also: 延焼(えんしょう) (fire spreading)
1. inflammation
The body's protective response to injury or infection, characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain. A fundamental medical condition.
(のど)炎症(えんしょう)()きている
There's inflammation in my throat.
I was prescribed medicine to reduce the inflammation.
Walking is painful due to joint inflammation.

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COMMON TYPES:

FIVE SIGNS OF INFLAMMATION:
発赤(ほっせき) (redness), 腫脹(しゅちょう) (swelling), 発熱(はつねつ) (heat), 疼痛(とうつう) (pain), 機能障害(きのうしょうがい) (loss of function)