In-flăm'ma-to-ry, a.

(50), a. [Fr. inflammatoire, Sp. inflamatorio, It. infiammatorio. See INFLAME.]

1. Tending to inflame; tending to excite heat or inflammation; as, medicines of an inflammatory nature.
2. Accompanied with preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory fever or disease.
3. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.

Inflammatory crust (Med.), a yellowish or grayish coating which appears upon the clotted part of blood drawn from a vein during violent inflammation, or during pregnancy; — called also, from its color, buffy coat.