antiphlogistic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of antiphlogistic
First recorded in 1735–45; anti- + phlogistic
Example Sentences
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The patient had been affected twelve months before with puerperal peritoneal inflammation, complicated with cerebral symptoms, from which, notwithstanding a most energetic antiphlogistic treatment, she never entirely recovered.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
Venesection was the main part of what was then called the antiphlogistic treatment.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Did any of them ever give you jalappa, bark, antispasmodic, antiphlogistic, antirheumatic, and aromatic medicines?
From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef
The antiphlogistic theory was soon adopted by all French chemists of note.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
The antiphlogistic chemists regarded fixed air as composed of carbon and dephlogisticated air; the phlogisteans said it was a substance highly charged with phlogiston.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
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