The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inflammatory fever
Inflammatory \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.]
Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.
--Burke.-
(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.
Usage examples of "inflammatory fever".
Early in July he came down with an inflammatory fever which at last confined him to his bed, whether he would or no.