'Inflammatory fever' definitions:

Definition of 'Inflammatory fever'

From: GCIDE
  • Inflammatory \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.]
  • 1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease. [1913 Webster]
  • Inflammatory crust. (Med.) Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy.
  • Inflammatory fever, a variety of fever due to inflammation. [1913 Webster]