(immunology) A nonspecific defensive reaction of the body to invasion by a foreign substance or organism that involves phagocytosis by white blood cells and is often accompanied by accumulation of pus and an increase in the local temperature.
inflammatory response
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(in¦flam·ə′törē ri′späns)
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 | SIRS |
| chemotactic factor |
| Pyrin (in medicine) |
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