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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Inflammatory

/ĭn-flăm'-ət-ôrˌ-ē/ · In·flam·ma·to·ry · IPA /ɪnˈflæməˌtɔɹi/
01 a. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
  1. 1.
    Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
  2. 2.
    Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.
  3. 3.
    Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.(Med.)
Phrases & compounds
Inflammatory crust — Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy.
Inflammatory fever — a variety of fever due to inflammation.