adj
noun
Freq #30470
Meanings
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1
adj
Likely to make people very angry or excited.
His inflammatory comments started a heated argument online.
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2
adj
Causing or relating to inflammation in the body.
The doctor prescribed an anti-inflammatory medicine for her swollen knee.
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Derived forms
angioinflammatoryanti-inflammatoryantiinflammatoryautoinflammatorycounterinflammatoryfibroinflammatoryhyperinflammatoryhypoinflammatoryimmunoinflammatoryinflammasomeinflammatorilyinflammatoriness
Etymology
From inflame + -atory.