proinflammatory

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US/ˌpɹoʊ.ɪnˈflæm.əˌtɔɹ.i/UK/ˌpɹəʊ.ɪnˈflæm.ə.tɹi/

adjective

Producing or promoting inflammation.

Similar
pro-inflammatoryunhealthy
Opposite
anti-inflammatory
OriginEnglish inflammatory ← Latin īnflammātōrius ← Proto-Italic *flagmā →
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Meanings

adjectiveproinflammatory (comparative more proinflammatory, superlative most proinflammatory)

comparative more proinflammatory · superlative most proinflammatory · alternative pro-inflammatory

  1. biologyProducing or promoting inflammation.

    Antonyms: anti-inflammatory

nounproinflammatory (plural proinflammatories)

plural proinflammatories · alternative pro-inflammatory

  1. raremedicineAn inflammatory substance.

    "The second wave of proinflammatories (or chemotactic factors) are released to activate white blood cells so they can begin attacking pathogens... "

    1999, Eugene R. Zampieron, Ellen Kamhi, Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Arthritis, →ISBN, page 30

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveProducing or promoting inflammation.

Opposite
anti-inflammatory

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivetending to cause inflammation

Similar
pro-inflammatoryunhealthy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Italic*prō
  5. Latinprō
  6. Englishpro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  8. Proto-Italic*en
  9. Proto-Italic*en-
  10. Latinin-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  12. Proto-Italic*flagmā
  13. Latinflamma
  14. Latinflammō
  15. Latinīnflammō
  16. Latinīnflammātōrius
  17. Englishinflammatory
  18. Englishproinflammatory

From pro- + inflammatory.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

French pro-inflammatoire
  • pro-inflammatoireproducing or promoting inflammation
German proinflammatorisch
  • proinflammatorischproducing or promoting inflammation
Hungarian proinflammatorikus, gyulladáskeltő
  • proinflammatorikusproducing or promoting inflammation
  • gyulladáskeltőproducing or promoting inflammation
Russian провоспали́тельный
  • провоспали́тельный (provospalítelʹnyj)producing or promoting inflammation
Spanish proinflamatorio
  • proinflamatorioproducing or promoting inflammation
Cite this entry
APA

proinflammatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proinflammatory

MLA

“proinflammatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proinflammatory. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proinflammatory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proinflammatory.

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