proinflammatory

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Etymology

From pro- +‎ inflammatory.

Pronunciation

Adjective

proinflammatory (comparative more proinflammatory, superlative most proinflammatory)

  1. (biology) Producing or promoting inflammation.
    Antonym: anti-inflammatory

Translations

Noun

proinflammatory (plural proinflammatories)

  1. (medicine, rare) An inflammatory substance.
    • 1999, Eugene R. Zampieron, Ellen Kamhi, Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Arthritis, →ISBN, page 30:
      "The second wave of proinflammatories (or chemotactic factors) are released to activate white blood cells so they can begin attacking pathogens... "