Rubor

Redness of the skin or tissue.


Redness which is often associated with infection or inflammation.


One of the classical signs of inflammation in a tissue, the other three being calor (heat), dolor (pain) and tumor (swelling). The redness of inflamed tissue is due to the increase in size of the small blood vessels in the area, which therefore contain more blood.


Discoloration or redness caused by inflammation. It is one of the four classic symptoms of inflammation. The others are calor (heat), dolor (pain), and tumor (swelling).


 


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