Swelling Caused by Injury

Swelling Caused by Injury Crossword Clue Answer. 12 letters appear on Quick CROSSWORD The The Chronicle Australia newspaper on 12 May 2017.

The answer is INFLAMMATION

INFLAMMATION meaning

noun
a localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection.
e.g. “chronic inflammation of the nasal cavities”

Inflammation (from Latin inflammatio) is part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants, and is a protective response involving immune cells, blood vessels, and molecular mediators.

The function of inflammation is to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury, clear out necrotic cells and tissues damaged from the original insult and the inflammatory process, and to initiate tissue repair.