heat of swelling
1Swelling (medical) — SignSymptom infobox Name = Swelling ICD10 = R22 ICD9 = ICD9|782.2, ICD9|784.2, ICD9|786.6, ICD9|789.3 In medical parlance, swelling is the enlargement of organs caused by accumulation of excess fluid in tissues, called edema. It can occur… …
2Heat wave — A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. There is no universal definition of a heat wave;cite journal |last=Meehl |first=George A. |coauthors=Tebaldi, Claudia |title=More Intense,… …
3heat illness — /ˈhit ɪlnəs/ (say heet ilnuhs) noun a range of body disorders from swelling and heat rash to heat stroke, caused by high environmental temperature, and characterised by thirst, light headedness, nausea, headache, etc …
4White heat — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …
5White swelling — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …
6industrial polymers, major — Introduction chemical compounds used in the manufacture of synthetic industrial materials. In the commercial production of plastics, elastomers, man made fibres, adhesives, and surface coatings, a tremendous variety of polymers are… …
7inflammation — /in fleuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. Pathol. redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, esp. as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents. 2. the act or fact of inflaming. 3. the state of being inflamed.… …
8Inflammation — A basic way in which the body reacts to infection, irritation or other injury, the key feature being redness, warmth, swelling and pain. Inflammation is now recognized as a type of nonspecific immune response. More information: In technical terms …
9triple response — The vascular changes in the skin in response to mild mechanical injury, an outward spreading zone of reddening (flare) followed rapidly by a weal (swelling) at the site of injury. Redness, heat, and swelling, three of the ‘cardinal signs’ of… …
10inflammation — n 1. firing, igniting, kindling, torching, lighting, burning, burning up or down, setting aflame or alight or on fire, setting fire to, putting to the torch; combustion, ignition, deflagration, Rare. accension. 2. inciting, incitement, incitation …
