inflammation-a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat.. redness, swelling, and fever in a local area of the body, often with pain and disturbed function, in reaction to an infection or to a physical or chemical injury. 2. the act or fact of inflaming. 3. the state of being inflamed.
Farthest North- Alaska. Farthest East-This is not easy to answer. On a map of the USA, Maine would seem to be the farthest east.
It is the point that protrudes the farthest to the southeast along the northeast-to-southwest line of the Atlantic coast of North America. It is also the nearest landmass to Bermuda, which is about 563 nautical miles (648 mi; 1,043 km) to the east-southeast.