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Inflammatory


INFLAM'MATORY, adjective Inflaming; tending to excite heat or inflammation; as medicines of an inflammatory nature.

1. Accompanied with preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as an inflammatory fever or disease.

2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult or sedition; as inflammatory libels, writings, speeches or publications.