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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Reducing inflammation or fever; anti-inflammatory.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In chem., opposed to the theory of phlogiston (which see): as, the antiphlogistic system.
  • In medicine, counteracting inflammation or a feverish state of the system: as, antiphlogistic remedies or treatment.
  • noun Any medicine or application which tends to check or allay inflammation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
  • adjective (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
  • adjective (Med.) Counteracting inflammation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Counteracting inflammation.
  • noun pharmacology A plant or remedy that reduces inflammation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective counteracting inflammation

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, "flame")

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Examples

  • 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 Martha Meir Allen 1890

  • 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.

    A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume IV: Modern Development of the Chemical and Biological Sciences 1904

  • 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.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • The young companion of Miss Crawley, at the conclusion of their interview, came in to receive their instructions, and administered those antiphlogistic medicines which the eminent men ordered.

    Vanity Fair 2006

  • 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.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • But the druggist said that he would cure himself with an antiphlogistic pomade of his own composition, and he gave his address — “Monsieur Homais, near the market, pretty well known.”

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • The prevailing emphasis on the significance of inflammation as a sign of disease, for example, led to the widespread use of depletive or antiphlogistic i.e., antiinflammatory measures such as general bloodletting.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

  • The prevailing emphasis on the significance of inflammation as a sign of disease, for example, led to the widespread use of depletive or antiphlogistic i.e., antiinflammatory measures such as general bloodletting.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

  • Their potent antiphlogistic and antiputrid properties make them an excellent adjunct in combating the harmful effects of putrefaction of animal proteins in the intestinal tract.

    The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

  • 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 -

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1910 - Presentation Speech 1966

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  • JM advocates the wholesale application of antiphlogistics on the media.

    December 22, 2010

  • Listed! Thanks for this awesome adjective!

    December 22, 2010

  • My tea, made of herbs and holistic,

    Has a health-giving characteristic:

    It soothes and it tames

    Intestines in flames

    Because it is antiphlogistic.

    February 20, 2017