inflammatory

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Italic *flagmā

Latin flamma

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin flammō

Latin īnflammō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -tōrius

Latin īnflammātōriusder.

English inflammatory

Derived from Latin īnflammātōrius. By surface analysis, inflammate + -ory.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ɹi/, [ɪnˈflæmətʰəɹɪi̯], [ɪnˈflæmətɹ̝̊ɪi̯]
• (General American)
  • (without /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈflæməˌtoɹi/, [ɪnˈflæməˌtʰoɹɪi̯]; /ɪnˈflæməˌtɔɹi/, [ɪnˈflæməˌtʰɔɹɪi̯]

    • Audio (US):

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  • (/æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfleə̯məˌtoɹi/, /ɪnˈflɛəməˌtoɹi/
• Hyphenation: in‧flam‧ma‧tor‧y

Adjective

inflammatory (comparative more inflammatory, superlative most inflammatory)

1. Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.

   Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.

   • 2024 September 13, Jeet Heer, “How Donald Trump Got Loomered”, in The Nation‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 October 2024:

     Even in MAGA circles, Loomer is regarded as a loose cannon who loves to get attention from inflammatory comments that undermine the Republican Party.

2. Relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation.
   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.

Derived terms

• angioinflammatory
• antiinflammatory
• anti-inflammatory
• autoinflammatory
• counterinflammatory
• fibroinflammatory
• hyperinflammatory
• hypoinflammatory
• immunoinflammatory
• inflammasome
• inflammatorily
• inflammatoriness
• inflammatory bowel disease
• infliximab
• microinflammatory
• necroinflammatory
• neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease
• neuroinflammatory
• noninflammatory
• oncoinflammatory
• parainflammatory
• pelvic inflammatory disease
• pelvic inflammatory disorder
• postinflammatory
• preinflammatory
• proinflammatory
• pro-inflammatory
• subinflammatory
• thromboinflammatory
• uninflammatory

Translations

tending to inflame or provoke

• Arabic: تَحْرِيضِيّ (taḥrīḍiyy)
• Bulgarian: възбуждащ (bg) (văzbuždašt)
• Catalan: inflamatori (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激發性 / 激发性 (jīfāxìng)

• Dutch: opruiend (nl)
• Esperanto: flamiga
• Finnish: yllyttävä (fi), provosoiva (fi), kiihottava (fi)
• German: aufrührerisch (de), aufwieglerisch (de), beleidigend (de)
• Hindi: उत्तेजक (hi) (uttejak)
• Māori: whakapātaritari
• Polish: podburzający
• Russian: подстрека́тельский (ru) (podstrekátelʹskij), разжига́ющий (ru) (razžigájuščij)
• Swedish: provocerande (sv)

relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation

• Bulgarian: възпалителен (bg) (văzpalitelen)
• Catalan: inflamatori (ca)
• Czech: zánětlivý (cs)
• Dutch: ontvlammend (nl)
• Finnish: tulehdus-
• French: inflammatoire (fr)
• German: entzündungsfördernd, phlogistisch (medicine)
• Greek: φλεγμονώδης (el) (flegmonódis)

  Ancient Greek: φλεγματώδης m (phlegmatṓdēs)

• Hungarian: gyulladásos (hu), inflammatorikus
• Italian: infiammatorio (it)
• Latin: īnflammātōrius
• Lithuanian: uždegiminis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: inflammatorisk

  Nynorsk: inflammatorisk

• Polish: zapalny (pl)
• Portuguese: inflamatório (pt)
• Romanian: inflamator (ro)
• Russian: воспали́тельный (ru) (vospalítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: inflamatorio (es)
• Swedish: inflammatorisk (sv)

Noun

inflammatory (plural inflammatories)

1. Any material that causes inflammation