SUBINFLAMMATION
\sˌʌbɪnflɐmˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˌʌbɪnflɐmˈeɪʃən], \s_ˌʌ_b_ɪ_n_f_l_ɐ_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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A mild degree of inflammation, so slight as hardly to deserve the name inflammation. Broussais understood by the term, an augmentation in the vital phenomena of the vessels that convey white blood. There are, however, no such vessels. Lymphatic engorgements, scrofula, herpes, and cancer he considered subinflammations.
By Robley Dunglison
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Subacute inflammation. Subinflammatory, of, pertaining to, or marked by subacute inflammation.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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