abscess
type: Concept
broader: inflammation

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: inflammation

granuloma
type: Concept
broader: inflammation

inflammation
type: Concept
broader: symptoms of disease
definition: Obese organisms have higher levels of inflammation-associated messengers. As researchers investigated where these signals originated and their relation to increasing body weight, they discovered that the accumulation of excess fat tissue leads to the recruitment of immune cells into the tissue. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; Inflammation]
narrower: serositis
narrower: tenosynovitis
narrower: abscess
narrower: suppuration
narrower: granuloma
narrower: rashes

rashes
type: Concept
broader: inflammation

serositis
type: Concept
broader: inflammation

suppuration
type: Concept
broader: inflammation

symptoms of disease
type: Concept
narrower: inflammation

tenosynovitis
type: Concept
broader: inflammation