Inflammatory
Inflammatory , adjective
[Compare French 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.
(Medicine) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.
Collocations (2)
Inflammatory fever , a variety of fever due to inflammation.