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Inflammatory describes something that will cause swelling of a part of the body, something that is related to swelling or speech or writing which is likely to incite anger or violent feelings. (adjective)

A rash that causes swelling is an example of something that would be described asinflammatory.
An offensive piece of writing published in a local newspaper is an example of something that would be described asinflammatory.

See inflammatory in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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