Low-grade but persistent inflammation is also thought to contribute to the progression of fibrosis in cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Indeed, in many fibrotic disorders, a persistent inflammatory trigger is crucial to the activation of the wound-healing program that leads to fibrosis.
Knickknacks are small objects which people keep as ornaments or toys, rather than for a particular use. Knickknacks filled three display cases and covered all the table tops. COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.
By the purest chance, dallying over the knickknacks, he picked up a plaster-cast of a hand. The Lincoln Story Book Henry L. Williams. There were knickknacks for the toilet-table, pictures for the wall, a little book-case of hanging shelves.