Both Uses of
inflammation
in
A Farewell to Arms
- If you've got a fracture you don't want inflammation.†
Book 1 *inflammation = swelling and redness
- If you had any foreign bodies in your legs they would set up an inflammation and you'd have fever.†
Book 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(inflammation) swelling, redness, and other body tissue response to injury or infection
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, inflammation can reference a state of violent emotional arousal -- as in: "The crowd was in a state of extreme inflammation."