joint measurement joint inflammation measurement 2012-07-12T10:56:40Z CMO:0000918 JSmith Measurement of inflammation of one or more joints. Inflammation is a protective tissue response to injury or destruction of tissues often characterized by pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function and histologically involving vasodilation, increased vascular permiability and blood flow, exudation of fluids, and leukocytic migration into the inflammatory focus. clinical_measurement_ontology