Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inflammatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inflammatory \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.]
1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition;
seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or
publications. --Burke.
3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause,
preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as,
an inflammatory disease.
{Inflammatory crust}. (Med.) Same as {Buffy coat}, under
{Buffy}.
{Inflammatory fever}, a variety of fever due to inflammation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inflammatory
adj 1: characterized or caused by inflammation; "an inflammatory
process"; "an inflammatory response"
2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: {incendiary}, {incitive},
{instigative}, {rabble-rousing}, {seditious}]
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