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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

In′flam-mā′tion, n.

noun

n. [Lat. inflammatio, Fr. inflammation, Pr. inflammacio, Sp. inflamacion, It. infiammamzione. See INFLAME.]

  1. The act of inflaming or setting on fire. “The inflammation of fat.” Wilkins.
  2. The state of being in flame or on fire.
  3. (Med. & Surg.) A redness and swelling of any part of an animal body; attended with heat, pain, and febrile symptoms.
  4. Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the body politic, or of parties.