The state of being on fire or the process of burning intensely.
Derived from Latin flamma (flame) with the -ation suffix meaning 'state or process.' This noun form formalizes the act or condition of burning.
Before the modern word 'inflammation' became a medical term, 'flammation' meant literal burning—doctors borrowed the word to describe the body's internal 'fire' of infection, which is why we still use 'inflame' today.
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