phlogistic

[ floh-jis-tik ]

/ floʊˈdʒɪs tɪk /

adjective

Pathology. inflammatory.

pertaining to or consisting of phlogiston.

Nearby words

Origin of phlogistic

1725–35; < Greek phlogist(ós) inflammable (verbid of phlogízein to set on fire; akin to phlox, phlegm) + -ic

Related formspost·phlo·gis·tic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for phlogistic

The phlogistic chemists recognized the equation between cal.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
Respect the character of your auditors; and, above all things, have mercy upon the phlogistic imagination of Lisardo!
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness|Thomas Frognall Dibdin
May not this phlogistic matter be even the most essential part of the food and support of both vegetable and animal bodies?
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air|Joseph Priestley
Associated words: phlogistic, phlogogenous, antiphlogistic, demulcent delitescence.
Putnam's Word Book|Louis A. Flemming

The theory advocated by Lavoisier came to displace the phlogistic conception; but at first its acceptance was slow.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for phlogistic

phlogistic

/ (flɒˈdʒɪstɪk) /

adjective

pathol of inflammation; inflammatory

chem of, concerned with, or containing phlogiston

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