Irritable, hate new inflammation (7,4)
I believe the answer is:
prickly heat
'inflammation' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'irritable hate new' is the wordplay.
'irritable' becomes 'prickly' (I've seen this in another clue).
'new' indicates an anagram.
'hate' with letters rearranged gives 'heat'.
'prickly'+'heat'='PRICKLY-HEAT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for prickly heat that I've seen is " Inflammation of the sweat glands".)