antiphlogistic
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adjective Reducing inflammation or fever; anti-inflammatory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adjective Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
Examples
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No doubt, as Dr. Gould says, the use of alcohol in medical practice is nothing now compared to what it was twenty years ago, much more forty years ago, when Dr. Todd's influence, and the reaction from the so-called antiphlogistic treatment were at their height.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say
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Despite the defiance of this single warrior the battle was really lost and won, and as the century closed "antiphlogistic" chemistry had practical possession of the field.
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Having passed through a hasty ceremony of introduction to the new-comers, of whose arrival he had been made aware by the heartbroken little nurse in waiting without, the Doctor proceeded to examine the patient, about whose condition of high fever there could be no mistake, and on whom he thought it necessary to exercise the strongest antiphlogistic remedies in his power.
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On the Place he was accosted by the blind man, who, having dragged himself as far as Yonville, in the hope of getting the antiphlogistic pomade, was asking every passer-by where the druggist lived.
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When Lavoisier presented his antiphlogistic system, this system proved in principle so perfect that one could confidently predict that many well-known substances, such as alkalis and alkaline earths, were not elements but oxides of hitherto unknown metals.
Note
The word 'antiphlogistic' comes from a Greek root meaning 'flame'.
