inflammation

inflammation
n.

1) to cause (an) inflammation

2) (an) inflammation subsides

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[ˌɪnflə'meɪʃ(ə)n]
(an) inflammationsubsides
to cause (an) inflammation

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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