inflammatory

English

Etymology

From inflame +‎ -atory.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈflæməˌtɔɹi/

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Adjective

inflammatory (comparative more inflammatory, superlative most inflammatory)

1. Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.

   Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.

   • 2024 September 13, Jeet Heer, “How Donald Trump Got Loomered”, in The Nation‎:

     Even in MAGA circles, Loomer is regarded as a loose cannon who loves to get attention from inflammatory comments that undermine the Republican Party.

2. Relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation.
   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.

Derived terms

• angioinflammatory
• antiinflammatory
• anti-inflammatory
• autoinflammatory
• counterinflammatory
• fibroinflammatory
• hyperinflammatory
• hypoinflammatory
• immunoinflammatory
• inflammasome
• inflammatorily
• inflammatoriness
• inflammatory bowel disease
• infliximab
• microinflammatory
• necroinflammatory
• neuroinflammatory
• noninflammatory
• oncoinflammatory
• parainflammatory
• pelvic inflammatory disease
• pelvic inflammatory disorder
• postinflammatory
• preinflammatory
• proinflammatory
• pro-inflammatory
• subinflammatory
• thromboinflammatory
• uninflammatory

Translations

tending to inflame or provoke

Arabic: تَحْرِيضِيّ (taḥrīḍiyy) Bulgarian: възбуждащ (bg) (vǎzbuždašt) Chinese: Mandarin: 激發性 / 激发性 (jīfāxìng) Dutch: opruiend (nl) Esperanto: flamiga Finnish: yllyttävä (fi), provosoiva (fi), kiihottava (fi) German: aufrührerisch (de), aufwieglerisch, beleidigend (de) Maori: whakapātaritari Polish: podburzający Russian: подстрека́тельский (ru) (podstrekátelʹskij), разжига́ющий (ru) (razžigájuščij) Swedish: provocerande (sv)

relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation

Bulgarian: възпалителен (bg) (vǎzpalitelen) Catalan: inflamatori (ca) Czech: zánětlivý Dutch: ontvlammend (nl) Finnish: tulehdus- French: inflammatoire (fr) German: entzündungsfördernd, phlogistisch (medicine) Greek: φλεγμονώδης (el) (flegmonódis) Ancient Greek: φλεγματώδης m (phlegmatṓdēs) Hungarian: gyulladásos (hu), inflammatorikus Italian: infiammatorio (it) Lithuanian: uždegiminis Norwegian: Bokmål: inflammatorisk Nynorsk: inflammatorisk Polish: zapalny (pl) Portuguese: inflamatório (pt) Romanian: inflamator (ro) Russian: воспали́тельный (ru) (vospalítelʹnyj) Spanish: inflamatorio (es) Swedish: inflammatorisk (sv)

Noun

inflammatory (plural inflammatories)

1. Any material that causes inflammation