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Definition of inflammatory
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
From the M-W Editors
Examples of inflammatory in a Sentence
She had an acute inflammatory reaction to the drug.
He incited the mob with an inflammatory speech.
Recent Examples of inflammatory from the Web
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Most were forwards and simply inflammatory rhetoric, which was easily refuted.
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Most were forwards and simply inflammatory rhetoric, which was easily refuted.
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Next, the scientists asked whether the αS protein was acting as a magnet for inflammatory cells, which are a key part of a normal immune response.
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The inflammatory protest and street violence footage remains as unsettling as ever.
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The city of Fort Worth is cutting ties with Fort Worth Kayak Adventures after the rental business made a series of inflammatory posts on Facebook last week.
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The differences occurred in these basic categories: asthma medications; allergy and anti-inflammatory medications, such as corticosteroids; and pseudoephedrine.
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Compounds in the broth like carnosine could also inhibit the inflammatory response that causes symptoms like sore throat and congestion, notes a 2012 study in the American Journal of Therapeutics.
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Mac, who was diagnosed in 1983, started the Bernie Mac Foundation in 2007 to raise awareness about the incurable inflammatory disease that predominantly affects African-Americans.
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First Known Use of inflammatory
circa 1711
INFLAMMATORY Defined for English Language Learners
inflammatory
playDefinition of inflammatory for English Language Learners
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medical : causing or having inflammation
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: causing anger
INFLAMMATORY Defined for Kids
inflammatory
playDefinition of inflammatory for Students
1 : tending to excite anger or disorder an inflammatory speech
2 : causing or having inflammation an inflammatory disease
Medical Dictionary
inflammatory
playMedical Definition of inflammatory
: accompanied by or tending to cause inflammation inflammatory diseases
Law Dictionary
inflammatory
Legal Definition of inflammatory
: tending to cause anger, animosity, or indignation the use of an alias by a defendant is…almost always inflammatory — F. D. Doucette
Additional Notes on inflammatory
Evidence, and especially photographic evidence, may be deemed inadmissible if its inflammatory nature seriously outweighs its probative value or relevance. The mere fact that evidence is graphic or gruesome, however, is not enough to render it inadmissible.
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