inflātĭo (noun F) : id.
* A blowing itself up, swelling up.
* Lit., of boiling water, Vitr. 8, 3.
* Transf., of the body; med. t. t., a swelling or puffing up, inflation, flatulence: habet inflationem magnam is cibus (faba),produces flatulence,Cic. Div. 1, 30, 62: inflationem stomachi facit,Col. 12, 11, 2; Cels. 2, 26: mala dulcia inflationes pariunt,Plin. 23, 6, 57, § 106: inflationes discutere,id. 23, 4, 4, § 128: inflationem sedare,id. 23, 4, 40, § 81: in nostris corporibus ex cibo fit inflatio,Sen. Q. N. 5, 4.— *
* An inflammation, i. q. inflammatio: praecordiorum,Suet. Aug. 81; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 104.

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