Found 2 items, similar to inflammatory.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inflammatory
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inflammatory
Inflammatory
\In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.]
1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
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2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition;
seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or
publications. --Burke.
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3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause,
preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as,
an inflammatory disease.
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Inflammatory crust. (Med.) Same as
Buffy coat, under
Buffy.
Inflammatory fever, a variety of fever due to inflammation.
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