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inflammatory

4 entries found.
  1. inflammatory
  2. anti–inflammatory
  3. inflammatory bowel disease
  4. pelvic inflammatory disease

Main Entry:
in·flam·ma·to·ry Listen to the pronunciation of inflammatory
Pronunciation:
\in-ˈfla-mə-ˌtȯr-ē\
Function:
adjective
Date:
circa 1711
1 : tending to excite anger, disorder, or tumult : seditious 2 : tending to inflame or excite the senses 3 : accompanied by or tending to cause inflammation
— in·flam·ma·to·ri·ly Listen to the pronunciation of inflammatorily \-ˌfla-mə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē\ adverb
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