Inflatio, on is, f. g. Verbale. Cic.Inflation: breeding of winde in the body: a puffing up or swelling.Inflatio ventris. Col. Residet inflatio. Cel.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
inflātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a blowing itself up, swelling up.I.Lit., of boiling water, Vitr. 8, 3.— II.Transf., of the body; med. t. t., a swelling or puffing up, inflation, flatulence: habet inflationem magnam is cibus (faba),
produces flatulence
, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 62: inflationem stomachi facit, Col. 12, 11, 2; Cels. 2, 26: mala dulcia inflationes pariunt, Plin. 23, 6, 57, 106: inflationes discutere, id. 23, 4, 4, 128: inflationem sedare, id. 23, 4, 40, 81: in nostris corporibus ex cibo fit inflatio, Sen. Q. N. 5, 4.— B.An inflammation, i. q. inflammatio: praecordiorum, Suet. Aug. 81; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 104.