Usually means: Promotes inflammation in tissues, cells.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word proinflammatory:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. proinflammatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. proinflammatory: Vocabulary.com
  3. proinflammatory: Wordnik
  4. proinflammatory: Wiktionary
  5. proinflammatory: Dictionary.com
  6. Proinflammatory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. proinflammatory: Rhymezone
  8. proinflammatory: FreeDictionary.org
  9. proinflammatory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. proinflammatory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proinflammatory: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proinflammatory: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. proinflammatory: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Proinflammatory: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. proinflammatory: Medical dictionary
  5. Proinflammatory: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (proinflammatory)

▸ adjective:  (biology) Producing or promoting inflammation.
▸ noun:  (medicine, rare) An inflammatory substance.

Similar:
proinflamatory, inflammatory, productive, inflammational, phlogogenetic, inflamed, inflammative, phlogogenous, oncoinflammatory, angioinflammatory, more...

Opposite:
anti-inflammatory, soothing, calming, healing

Phrases:
proinflammatory cytokine, proinflammatory hormones, more...

Adjectives:
novel, potent, various, less, key, other, many, important, several, anti

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Similar:
proinflamatory, inflammatory, productive, inflammational, phlogogenetic, inflamed, inflammative, phlogogenous, oncoinflammatory, angioinflammatory, more...

Opposite:
anti-inflammatory, soothing, calming, healing

Phrases:
proinflammatory cytokine, proinflammatory hormones, more...

Adjectives:
novel, potent, various, less, key, other, many, important, several, anti



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