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Inflammatory breast cancer
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC, mastitis carcinomatosa), a rare aggressive breast cancer where tumor cells block skin lymph vessels, causing redness and swelling; always stage III or IV, 1-5% of US breast cancers, treated with chemo, mastectomy, and radiation.
Inflammatory cell
Inflammatory cell (Cell Ontology CL:0009002): any cell participating in the inflammatory response to a foreign substance, chiefly neutrophils and macrophages; recruited leukocytes that clear pathogens and debris and drive inflammation resolution.
Inflammatory conditions of jaws
Inflammatory conditions of jaws (ICD-11 DA06.0, formerly ICD-10 K10.2) is a diagnostic category covering osteitis, periostitis, osteomyelitis, jaw abscesses, sequestra, and drug- or radiation-induced osteonecrosis of the maxilla and mandible, mostly odontogenic in origin.
Inflammatory dermatoses of the vulva
Inflammatory dermatoses of the vulva: noninfectious inflammatory vulvar skin conditions, chiefly lichen sclerosus, lichen simplex chronicus, eczema, psoriasis, and lichen planus, classified by ISSVD histological reaction patterns and diagnosed by examination and biopsy.
Inflammatory diseases of the retina
Inflammatory diseases of the retina (ICD-11 9B72, 網膜の炎症性疾患): retinal inflammation category covering viral retinitis (CMV, HIV) and unspecified forms; retinal vasculitis coded separately at 9B78.12.
Inflammatory disorders of breast
Inflammatory disorders of breast (ICD-11 GB21, ICD-10 N61), also called mastitis spectrum, are inflammatory breast conditions including lactational mastitis, breast abscess, granulomatous and periductal mastitis, and the malignant mimic inflammatory breast cancer.
Inflammatory meningitis
Inflammatory meningitis (ICD-11 8E40.2) is meningeal inflammation from an underlying inflammatory disorder, not infection, causing headache, neck stiffness, fever, and photophobia; causes include sarcoidosis, Behçet disease, SLE, Sjögren's, and drugs.
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT), formerly inflammatory pseudotumor or plasma cell granuloma, is a rare ALK-fusion-driven soft tissue sarcoma of children and young adults, usually in lung, abdomen, or retroperitoneum, treated by resection and crizotinib.
Inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages
Inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages (IMAM, ORPHA:247718) is a rare idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with CD68+ macrophage infiltration of muscle fascia, proximal weakness, elevated creatine kinase, and dermatomyositis-like skin lesions in 65% of cases.
Inflammatory polyneuropathy
Inflammatory polyneuropathy (ICD-10 G61) covers autoimmune peripheral-nerve disorders, chiefly acute Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), treated with IVIg, corticosteroids, plasma exchange, and, since 2024, efgartigimod.
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver (IPTL, hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor) is a rare benign liver lesion of myofibroblastic spindle cells and inflammatory infiltrate mimicking malignancy; ICD-10 K75.8, subtypes fibrohistiocytic and lymphoplasmacytic.
Inflammatory vaginitis
Inflammatory vaginitis, or desquamative inflammatory vaginitis (DIV), ICD-11 GA02.1, is a rare noninfectious vaginal inflammation with purulent discharge, elevated pH, and parabasal cells, treated with vaginal clindamycin or hydrocortisone.
Inflatable boat
An inflatable boat is a light watercraft with inflatable tubes for buoyancy, ranging from soft folding boats to rigid inflatable boats with hard hulls, common since World War II.
Inflation
Inflation, also called economic or price inflation, is a sustained rise in the general price level of goods and services, eroding money's purchasing power; central banks target low, stable rates.
Inflation accounting
Inflation accounting, also called price level accounting, restates financial statements into current purchasing power using a general price index, correcting distortions that inflation causes in historical cost accounting.
Inflation in India
Inflation in India is measured mainly by the wholesale price index and the consumer price index, with CPI inflation targeted at 4 per cent, within a 2 to 6 per cent band, since 2016.
Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act is a US law signed in August 2022, spending about $369 billion on climate and energy tax credits and Medicare drug pricing, though it barely reduced inflation.
Inflation swap
An inflation swap is an over-the-counter derivative in which one party pays a fixed inflation rate and the other pays realized growth of a consumer price index.
Inflation targeting
Inflation targeting is a monetary policy framework in which a central bank publicly announces a numerical medium-term inflation target; New Zealand adopted it first in 1990.
Inflationary gap
An inflationary gap is the amount by which actual real GDP exceeds potential GDP, the output level consistent with stable inflation, causing prices to rise.
Inflaton
The inflaton, or inflaton field, is a hypothetical scalar field whose potential energy is thought to have driven cosmic inflation, the rapid early expansion of the Universe.
Inflection
Inflection, also known as grammatical inflection, is the change of a word's form, usually by an affix, to mark grammar without creating a new word.
Inflection AI
Inflection AI is an AI startup best known for its chatbot Pi and for the March 2024 deal in which Microsoft hired its founders and most of its staff.
Inflection point
An inflection point, also written point of inflection or inflexion point, is a point on a function's graph where concavity changes, so the second derivative changes sign.
Inflection Point Ventures
Inflection Point Ventures is an Indian angel investing platform founded in 2018 in Gurugram by Vinay Bansal, Ankur Mittal, and Mitesh Shah, investing in over 270 startups.
Inflection–Microsoft deal
The Inflection–Microsoft deal was a March 2024 transaction in which Microsoft hired almost all of Inflection AI's team, including co-founders Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan, for about $650 million.
Infleqtion
Infleqtion is a quantum computing and quantum sensing company in Louisville, Colorado, founded in 2007 as ColdQuanta by physicist Dana Anderson and publicly traded since 2026.
Inflight Connectivity
Inflight connectivity (IFC), also known as in-flight Wi-Fi, provides internet access to airline passengers and crew, delivered by air-to-ground radio links or by L-band, Ku-band, or Ka-band satellite links.
Inflight magazine
An inflight magazine, also known as an onboard magazine, is a free publication airlines distribute in seatback pockets, blending travel articles, destination guides, and airline information with advertising.
Inflight smoking
Inflight smoking, also known as smoking on airplanes, is smoking aboard an aircraft, banned on all scheduled passenger flights worldwide through rules adopted between 1973 and 2000.