Definition of Antiphlogistic

1. Adjective. Counteracting inflammation.


Definition of Antiphlogistic

1. a. Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.

2. n. Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.

Definition of Antiphlogistic

1. Adjective. Counteracting inflammation. ¹

2. Noun. (pharmacology) A plant or remedy that reduces inflammation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antiphlogistic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Antiphlogistic

1. An agent that counteracts inflammation and fever. (13 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiphlogistic

antipersonnel bomb
antiperspirant
antiperspirants
antipest
antipesticide
antipet
antipetalous
antiphagocytic
antipharmic
antiphase
antiphasing
antiphenoloxidase
antiphishing
antiphlogistian
antiphlogistians
antiphlogistic (current term)
antiphlogistics
antiphobic
antiphon
antiphonal
antiphonally
antiphonals
antiphonar
antiphonaries
antiphonars
antiphonary
antiphone
antiphoner
antiphoners
antiphones

Literary usage of Antiphlogistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1833)
"antiphlogistic Treatment of Cholera.—During the first invasion of Pan* by ... The treatment was essentially antiphlogistic. Of the number mentioned 4 only ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"The two principal plans of general treatment are—the antiphlogistic, ... antiphlogistic treatment. General Heeding.—This is often required in acute ..."

3. Essentials of the principles and practice of medicine by Henry Hartshorne (1881)
"The antiphlogistic; The supporting; The febrifuge; ... 'Some writers pronounce the whole idea of antiphlogistic treatment to be obsolete. ..."

4. A History of Chemistry from Earliest Times to the Present Day Being Also an by Ernst von Meyer (1906)
"Lavoisier and the antiphlogistic Chemistry (from 1775 to the end of the Eighteenth Century). Lavoisier's great achievement consisted in abolishing old ..."

5. The Lancet (1842)
"In such cases it is very difficult to restore the salivation ; nor is it desirable if general antiphlogistic treatment prove successful, as it usually does. ..."

6. Clinical Lectures on Certain Acute Diseases by Robert Bentley Todd (1860)
"stimulating plan, and for which an antiphlogistic one would be extremely hazardous and dangerous. Now, while I fully recognise and admit the practical value ..."

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