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Inflammatory crust

Inflammatory \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.]

  1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.

  2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.
    --Burke.

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

    Inflammatory crust. (Med.) Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy.

    Inflammatory fever, a variety of fever due to inflammation.