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Phlogistic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Phlogistic is an adjective meaning (medicine) Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.

Meaning

(medicine) Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.

More Meanings

  1. (chemistry, physics, now historical) Pertaining to or containing phlogiston.
  2. (obsolete) Burning, fiery.

Example Sentences

His experiments, with their phlogistic explanations, led him to believe that the only distinct species of air were the fixed, alkaline, and acid.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include phlogistical, phlogistick, phlogogenous, phlogotic, phlogogenetic, phlogisticated.

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