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  1. 1. a. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. characterized or caused by inflammation Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. arousing to action or rebellion Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat andexcitement 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. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:100 s. characterized or caused by inflammation Source: ecdict

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