antiphlogistic

American  

[an-tee-floh-jis-tik, an-tahy-] / ˌæn ti floʊˈdʒɪs tɪk, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

1. acting against inflammation or fever.

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noun

1. an antiphlogistic agent.

antiphlogistic British  

/ ˌæntɪfləˈdʒɪstɪk /

adjective

1. obsolete of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation

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noun

1. an antiphlogistic agent or drug

Etymology

Origin of antiphlogistic

First recorded in 1735–45; anti- + phlogistic

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Example Sentences

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antiphlogistic

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.

From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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 Franklin Bache

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.

From Madame Bovary by Eleanor Marx Aveling

All antiphlogistic means have failed, such as blood-letting and the free use of evacuants.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings

The antiphlogistic theory was soon adopted by all French chemists of note.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir

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