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Inflammation

"Inflammation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A pathological process characterized by injury or destruction of tissues caused by a variety of cytologic and chemical reactions. It is usually manifested by typical signs of pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Inflammation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Inflammation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 802 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 54 publications in 2020
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