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antiphlogistic, a. and n.|ˌæntɪfləʊˈdʒɪstɪk|
[f. as prec. + -ic; cf. phlogistic.]
A. adj.
1. = prec. adj.
1788Priestley in Phil. Trans. LXXVIII. 156 They cannot be simple substances, as the antiphlogistic theory makes them to be. c1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 88/2 His new theory of combustion, the Antiphlogistic.
2. Med. Counteracting or reducing inflammation.
1769Buchan Dom. Med. xliii. (1826) 184 The plethoric state of the patient..led to the employment of the antiphlogistic..treatment. 1803Edin. Rev. I. 471 The disease is..to be treated by topical remedies and the antiphlogistic plan. 1877Roberts Handbk. Med. I. 219 All antiphlogistic remedies are to be deprecated.
b. fig. Allaying excitement. rare.
1840Hood Kilmansegg cxxxvi, None more needs a Matthew to preach, A cooling antiphlogistic speech.
B. n. A medicinal agent allaying inflammation.
1744Berkeley Siris 59 (T.) A powerful antiphlogistick, and preservative against corruption and infection. 1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 50 As an antiphlogistic, nitrate of silver acts..as an astringent. |