Definition
The chronic, low-grade inflammation that develops with age and contributes to most age-related diseases. A portmanteau of "inflammation" and "aging." Your immune system slowly turns against you.
Example
"High CRP levels are a marker of inflammaging—your body is fighting a war with no enemy."
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Imagine inflammation dragging your collagen reserves to an early retirement they never signed up for. Yep, that's nature's way of scoffing at your skincare routine if you're not doubling down on regeneration hacks. "Inflammaging is the uncalled-for introduction to skin maintenance over 30. Where's my NASA-approved wrinkle-blocker?"
What do you get when your body stages a coup d'état and drafts your own immune cells as enemy agents? Welcome to the biological drama where aging is just the rehearsal for eternity. Maybe cryonics will promise a life without hot soup joints? "If inflammaging messes with us, maybe we should just upload our minds to a server and take our chances there."
Think of it as the evil cousin of acne, but for the elderly, chronic-flare with a sprinkle of aging. Best part? You can't just pop a pill and it's magically gone. Welcome to inflammaging, gateway to every 'but you're too young for that' syndrome. "They say inflammaging gets you, but I think pizza and Netflix are the real culprits."
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