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(medicine) Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers..
His experiments, with their phlogistic explanations, led him to believe that the only distinct species of air were the fixed, alkaline, and acid.
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Phlogistic means (medicine) Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers..
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His experiments, with their phlogistic explanations, led him to believe that the only distinct species of air were the fixed, alkaline, and acid.
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