inflammatory crust

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inflammatory crust - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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