Acute inflammation

Japanese: 急性炎症 - きゅうせいえんしょう
Acute inflammation

...The walls of the ingested bacteria are dissolved by enzymes such as lysozyme released from the granules of neutrophils, and hydrogen peroxide, which has a bactericidal effect, is produced via peroxidase released from the granules, and the bacteria are completely destroyed by this action.
[Inflammatory cells]
In many acute inflammations, neutrophils are the predominant inflammatory cells among the white blood cells mentioned above, but in allergic inflammation, eosinophils appear in large numbers. In chronic inflammation, monocytes, macrophages, plasma cells, and lymphocytes are predominant.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "acute inflammation" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…とり込まれた細菌は好中球の顆粒から放出される酵素,リゾチームなどにより細菌の壁が溶かされ,さらに顆粒から放出されるペルオキシダーゼを介して殺菌作用を示す過酸化水素ができ,この働きによって細菌は完全に消失してしまう。
[炎症細胞]
 多くの急性炎症では前述した白血球の中でも好中球が炎症細胞の主役であるが,アレルギー性炎症では好酸球が多く出現する。慢性炎症では単球,マクロファージ,形質細胞およびリンパ球が主体となる。…

※「急性炎症」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Acute transverse myelitis - acute transverse myelitis

>>:  Acute viral hepatitis

Recommend

Eckert IV projection - Eckert IV projection

… Equal-area projections are useful for comparing...

Augeias

…On his way out to hunt, he fought against the ce...

document facsimile

…The word facsimile comes from the Latin fac simi...

Ryohei Arai

...The name of a group of film directors and scri...

Smith

[1] (Adam Smith) British economist and ethicist. F...

cottager

…A small farmer in a medieval European village or...

Amateur Radio - Amateur Radio

Radio communication conducted for personal interes...

Sarcophyton elegans (English name)

A coelenterate (cnidaria) of the family Alcyonidae...

Benzonitrile

A colorless liquid with a benzaldehyde-like odor. ...

Renga poet - Renga

〘Noun〙① A person skilled in renga. A renga writer....

Fillmore, Millard

Born January 7, 1800 in Rock Township, New York. [...

English Law School

…A private university with its headquarters in Ha...

Yatabe

A district in the southwest of Tsukuba City, Ibar...

Oman - Sultanate of Oman

A sultanate located at the southeastern tip of th...

Nobleman - Kugyo

This title is derived from the Three Dukes and Ni...