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inflammatory adjective combustible, dissentious, explosive, heated, immoderate, incendiary, inciting, inflammable, intemperate, offensive, provocative, scorching, unbridled, volcanic Associated concepts: inflammatory statements, inflammaaory testimony See also: disorderly, hot-blooded, incendiary, offensive, provocative How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In Figure 1 the inflammatory response after 24 hr is expressed as the ratio of the polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) to lavaged cells, and the instilled dose is normalized to lung weight, because this facilitates interspecies comparison (Oberdorster et al. Consumption of a meal high in saturated fat typically causes an inflammatory response in the body that negatively impacts the ability of the arteries to carry necessary blood to tissue and organs and promotes the formation of artery clogging plaque. This is because such conditions are not reflected in a microscopic bacterial inflammatory response. |
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