pro-inflammatory

1. 1.

   tending to cause inflammation

   Synonymsproinflammatory

   Similarunhealthy

Questions about pro-inflammatory

What does pro-inflammatory mean?

pro-inflammatory means "tending to cause inflammation".

How many syllables are in pro-inflammatory?

pro-inflammatory has 5 syllables: pro-in-flam-ma-to-ry. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for pro-inflammatory?

Close synonyms include proinflammatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pro-inflammatory a common word?

pro-inflammatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.