“Inflammaging is highly dam-aging, which makes it disadvant-aging. By contrast, anti-inflammaging is salv-aging.”
Inflammaging or Inflammageing (noun)
in-fluh-mayg-ing
Definition:
: an age-related increase in systemic chronic inflammation.
Example sentences:
“Inflammageing, defined as an age-related increase in the levels of pro-inflammatory markers in blood and tissues, is a strong risk factor for multiple diseases that are highly prevalent and frequent causes of disability in elderly individuals…” From Ferrucci L, Fabbri E. Inflammageing: chronic inflammation in ageing, cardiovascular disease, and frailty. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2018 Sep;15(9):505-522.
“The antonym of inflammaging is anti-inflammaging. The former is harmful, the latter is beneficial.”
Context:
The lead EpicentRx small molecule, RRx-001 (nibrozetone), may prevent or reduce inflammaging.
About the Word:
Blend of the two words inflammation and aging