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Definitions: Inflammatory |
InflammatoryAdjective1. Characterized or caused by inflammation; "an inflammatory process"; "an inflammatory response". 2. Arousing to action or rebellion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inflammatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Etymology: Inflammatory \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression inflammatoire.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: InflammatorySynonyms: incendiary (adj), incitive (adj), instigative (adj), rabble-rousing (adj), seditious (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: inflaming (medicine). |
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 | Within a myocyte is a pseudocyst containing numerous tachyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii. Several myocardial contraction bands and scattered inflammatory cells are visible. Parasite.Credit: CDC. | _thumb.jpg) | Schistosoma mansoni schistosomulum at epidermal/dermal junction of a naive C57Bl/6 mouse 24 hrs after exposure. No inflammatory response is seen. Histopathology, parasite.Credit: CDC. |
 | Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes Diphtheria that affects the upper respiratory tract, where an inflammatory exudate causes severe obstruction to the breathing airways, and sometimes suffocation.Credit: CDC. |  | Salmonella septicemia has been associated with subsequent infection of virtually every organ system, and the nervous system is no exception. Here we see an acute inflammatory encephalitis due to S. typhi bacteria.Credit: CDC. |
 | Here we see an acute hepatic inflammatory response due to Salmonella septicemia, noting the presence of interstitial edema and a leukocytic infiltrate.Credit: CDC. |  | A suppurative disease caused by Gram-positive endogenous oral bacteria of the family Actinomycetaceae. Note the fibrotic, thick-walled abscess formation, and presence of granulation tissue indicative of a chronic inflammatory process.Credit: CDC. |
 | Histopathology of bladder shows eggs of Schistosoma haematobium surrounded by intense infiltrates of eosinophils and other inflammatory cells. Parasitel.Credit: CDC. |  | This mature, 20 mos. old pinta lesion shows signs of hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, acanthosis, elongation of Rete Pegs and an inflammatory infiltrate in the dermis. The genus Treponema, contains the species pallidum, the cause of syphilis.Credit: CDC. |
 | Untreated, chlamydia can cause severe, costly reproductive and other health problems including both short- and long-term consequences, i.e. pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infertility, and potentially fatal tubal pregnancy.Credit: CDC. |  | Pathognomonic findings seen here include acanthosis, broadening and elongation of the rete ridges, intracellular and intercellular edema of the rete cells, and migration of the inflammatory cells through the epidermis; H&E stain; magnification 40X.Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They work by reducing inflammatory responses in tissues. (references) | |
Complement is another key player in the inflammatory response. (references) | ||
This type of infection is called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Tanzania | In 2000 the Government banned the publication and distribution of a book by a Muslim academic on the grounds that it was inflammatory. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | Adalah has noted that Jewish MK's and political leaders made inflammatory or provocative remarks during the year but were not investigated. (references) | |
Guyana | The GHRA statement came during the election campaign when a number of television commentators made inflammatory comments that exacerbated political and racial tensions. (references) | |
Human Rights | Rwanda | She allegedly incited persons to kill during the 1994 genocide with her inflammatory radio broadcasts. (references) |
Minorities | Egypt | Reports of such cases are disputed and often include inflammatory allegations and categorical denials of kidnaping and rape. (references) |
India | The radical Muslim students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) exacerbated tensions prior to the riots by posting inflammatory posters about the Koran burning. (references) | |
Political Economy | Tunisia | CNLT spokesperson Sihem Bensedrine was arrested in June for allegedly inflammatory comments she made while appearing on Al-Mustaquella. (references) |
Sudan | In September the Government ordered the temporary suspension of the Khartoum Monitor on the basis of alleged inflammatory articles published in the newspaper. (references) | |
Political Rights | Guinea | President Conte made inflammatory and partisan speeches in June and July 2000, threatening opposition leaders with arrest and claiming to rule the country by "divine right." These statements were considered widely as attempts to intimidate his opponents. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Inflammatory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.26% of the time. "Inflammatory" is used about 677 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.26% | 672 | 9,806 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.74% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 677 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "inflammatory": Inflammatory Bowel Disease ♦ Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ♦ inflammatory breast cancer ♦ Inflammatory crust ♦ inflammatory disease ♦ Inflammatory fever ♦ inflammatory molecule ♦ Inflammatory rheumatism ♦ inflammatory stuff ♦ Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 ♦ Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins ♦ pelvic inflammatory disease. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "inflammatory": non-inflammatory. | |
Containing "inflammatory": Anti-Inflammatory Agents, anti-inflammatory drug, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "inflammatory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i zjarrtë (ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, flamy, heated, hot, hot-blooded, passional, passionate, perfervid, sultry, volcanic, vulcanic, warm, warm blooded), nxitës (abetter, abettor, aphrodisiac, cordial, encouraging, excitant, fillip, fire brand, fomenter, hortative, hortatory, impellent, incendiary, incentive, inciting, instigator, lively, mainspring, piquant, poignant, promoter, provocative, sexy, sponsor, stimulant, stimulating, warmonger), malcues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملتهب (ablaze, aflame, blazing, burning, fiery, flaming, flammable, impassioned, in flames, passionate, red-hot, vehement), تحريضي, إلتهابي, شغبي (riotous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който възбужда, възбуждащ (breathtaking, excitant, irritating, rousing, stimulant), възпалителен (phlogistic), бунтарски (rebel, rebellious, seditious), подстрекателски (incendiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 激动 (innervation, Suscitate, Suscitating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zánìtlivý, pobuřující (exasperating, outrageous, scandalous), ohnivý (fiery, igneous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | inflammeret (inflamed), betændt (inflamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | opruiend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | agita. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tulehdusgranulooma (inflammatory granuloma), tulehduksellinen valekasvain (inflammatory pseudotumor, inflammatory pseudotumour), tulehduksellinen pseudotuumori (inflammatory pseudotumor, inflammatory pseudotumour), polyradikuliitti (acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome), pitkäaikainen hermonjuurisairaus (cronic inflammatory polyradiculoneuritis), palopuhe (inflammatory speech), nenäpolyyppi (inflammatory polyp), krooninen polyradikuliitti (cronic inflammatory polyradiculoneuritis), Guillain-Barrén oireyhtymä (acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome), anafylaktinen shokki (A shock reaction that may occur in a human or other mammal following reexposure to an antigen.It is due to the inflammatory effect of histamine, anaphylaxis, bradykinin and serotonin released from most cells in response to the antibodies formed.), anafylaksis (A shock reaction that may occur in a human or other mammal following reexposure to an antigen.It is due to the inflammatory effect of histamine, anaphylaxis, bradykinin and serotonin released from most cells in response to the antibodies formed.), anafylaksia (A shock reaction that may occur in a human or other mammal following reexposure to an antigen.It is due to the inflammatory effect of histamine, anaphylaxis, bradykinin and serotonin released from most cells in response to the antibodies formed.), anafylaksi (A shock reaction that may occur in a human or other mammal following reexposure to an antigen.It is due to the inflammatory effect of histamine, anaphylaxis, bradykinin and serotonin released from most cells in response to the antibodies formed.), äkillinen tulehduksenjälkeinen monihermotulehdus (acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inflammatoire, incendiaire (incendiary), séditieux, enflammé (in full steam, inflamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aufrührerisch (disorderly, insubordinate, insurgent, malcontent, mutinous, rabble-rousing, rebellious, riotous, seditionous, seditionously, seditious, turbulent, wanton), entzündbar (flammable, inflammable, inflammably, inflammatorily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φλεγμονώδης (inflamed, phlegmonic), φλογερόσ (aglow, ardent, fiery, flaming, glowing, lurid, passionate, red-hot), ερεθιστικόσ (exciting, galling, irritant, irritative, provoking, stimulant, vexatious, vexing), εμπρηστικόσ (incendiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משל"ב, מסית (agitator, firebrand, incendiary, inciter, instigator, seditious, trouble maker), "לקתי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyulladást okozó, gyújtó hatású. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | berkobar-kobar (be ablaze, inflammatory (speech), vehement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | infiammatorio, infiammato (alight, fiery, inflamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 煽情的 (lascivious, sensational), 扇情的 (lascivious, sensational). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"じょうてき (lascivious, sensational). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 동. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | goan greesaghey (inflammatory words). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inflammatoryay inflamatório, inflamado (ablaze, aglow, exam, fiery, high-level professional, highway, inflamed, sore), excitação (commotion, excitation, excitement, fidget, fire, flurry, flush, fluster, flutter, freak out, fuss, gale, passion, rampage, rave, raving, state, stew, stimulus, thrill, transport, uproar, warmth). (various references) inflamator (phlogistic), incendiar (incendiary), aţâţãtor (exciter, firebrand, instigating, instigative, instigator). (various references) возбуждающий (aphrodisiac, emotive, excitant, excitative, exciting, galvanic, stimulative). (various references) upalni, raspaljiv (incentive). (various references) inflamatorio. (various references) inflammatorisk, inflammations-, uppviglande (incendiary, seditious), upphetsande (excitant, excitative, excitatory, excitement, exciting, incendiary), hetsande (fiery), hets-. (various references) iltihaplı (angry, mattery, purulent, running, sore), tahrik edici (coat-trailing, incendiary, stimulating, stimulative), coşturucu, alevlendirici. (various references) запальний (choleric, explosive, fiery, gingery, hard-nosed, hasty, heated, hot, hot tempered, hot-blooded, hot-brained, hotheaded, inflammable, ireful, ornery, passionate, peppery, quick tempered, short tempered, spunky, testy), збудливий (aphrodisiac, excitable, excitant, intoxicating, stimulant). (various references) do viêm, có tính chất khích động. (various references) enynnol (inflamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "inflammatory": noninflammatory. (additional references) | |
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"Inflammatory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iinflammatory, imflammatory, inflaammatory, inflamatory, inflamitory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "inflammatory" (pronounced i'nfla"mutô'rē) |
| 7 | -a" m u t ô' r ē | defamatory. |
| 6 | -m u t ô' r ē | confirmatory, dormitory, reformatory. |
| 5 | -u t ô' r ē | accusatory, aleatory, ambulatory, anticipatory, articulatory, auditory, celebratory, circulatory, compensatory, conciliatory, confiscatory, congratulatory, contributory, declaratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, dilatory, discriminatory, excretory, exculpatory, expiratory, explanatory, exploratory, hallucinatory, incantatory, inhibitory, interrogatory, investigatory, laboratory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, nondiscriminatory, obligatory, observatory, oratory, oscillatory, participatory, predatory, preparatory, prohibitory, purgatory, regulatory, repository, respiratory, retaliatory, revelatory, signatory, statutory, territory, transitory. |
| 4 | -t ô' r ē | desultory, multistory, repertory, understory. |
| 3 | -ô' r ē | allegory, category, outlawry, promissory. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-i-l-m-m-n-o-r-t-y" | |
-3 letters: amorality, foraminal, formality, laminator, matrimony, normality. | |
-4 letters: ammonify, animator, antifoam, flatiron, foramina, formalin, immortal, inflator, informal, laminary, manorial, matronal, matronly, minatory, molarity, morainal, morality, mortmain, notarial, rational. | |
-5 letters: alation, aliform, alimony, almonry, amatory, ammonal, ammonia, anality, anatomy, animato, anomaly, faintly, fantail, foamily, formant, frailty, frontal, immoral, introfy, laminar, laniary, liftman, mailman, marital, martial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-f-i-l-m-m-n-o-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: inflammatorily. | |
+3 letters: noninflammatory. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 66 6C 61 6D 6D 61 74 6F 72 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100110 01101100 01100001 01101101 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n f l a m m a t o r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0066 006C 0061 006D 006D 0061 0074 006F 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438072786779796786818491 |
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