Definition of inflammatory

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Inflammatory (a.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease..

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Incendiary :: Incendiary (a.) Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious..
Bright''s Disease :: Bright's disease () An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process..
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate..
Thrush :: Thrush (n.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.
Catarrh :: Catarrh (n.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder..
Beriberi :: Beriberi (n.) An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy..
Hyperinosis :: Hyperinosis (n.) A condition of the blood, characterized by an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory diseases..
Low :: Low (superl.) Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever..
Anticausotic :: Anticausotic (a.) Good against an inflammatory fever.
Phlogistic :: Phlogistic (a.) Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.
Eczema :: Eczema (n.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum..
Founder :: Founder (n.) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder..
Gonorrhoea :: Gonorrhoea (n.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap..
Incensive :: Incensive (a.) Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory.
Diphtheria :: Diphtheria (n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group..
Croup :: Croup (n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria..
Incendious :: Incendious (a.) Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications..
Resolvent :: Resolvent (n.) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
#NAME? :: -itis () A suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatory disease of; as, arthritis; bronchitis, phrenitis..
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