inflammage
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from inflammaging, equivalent to a blend of inflammation + age.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
inflammage (third-person singular simple present inflammages, present participle inflammaging, simple past and past participle inflammaged)
- (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.