English

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Etymology

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Back-formation from inflammaging, equivalent to a blend of inflammation +‎ age.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɪnfləˈmeɪd͡ʒ/

Verb

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inflammage (third-person singular simple present inflammages, present participle inflammaging, simple past and past participle inflammaged)

  1. (intransitive) To age or accelerate in age-like symptoms due to the effects of inflammation.
    • 2016, Dr. Jennifer Stagg, Unzip Your Genes:
      Apparently, we are genetically programmed to age, and it appears even to inflammage.