单词 | antiphlogistic |
释义 | antiphlogisticadj.n. A. adj. 1. = antiphlogistian adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [adjective] > phlogiston > opposed to theory antiphlogistic1788 antiphlogistian1791 antiphlogiston1859 1788 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 156 They cannot be simple substances, as the antiphlogistic theory makes them to be. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 88/2 His new theory of combustion, the Antiphlogistic. 2. a. Med. Counteracting or reducing inflammation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations allaying inflammation > [adjective] antiphlogistic1769 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. xliii. (1826) 184 The plethoric state of the patient..led to the employment of the antiphlogistic..treatment. 1803 Edinb. Rev. 1 471 The disease is..to be treated by topical remedies and the antiphlogistic plan. 1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 219 All antiphlogistic remedies are to be deprecated. b. fig. Allaying excitement. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > composing or calming lullingc1440 quieting1634 composing1644 appeasing1648 lenient1652 quietivea1683 hesychastic1694 anodyne1790 tranquillizing1801 sobering1816 becalming1827 antiphlogistic1840 calminga1853 anodynic1904 anodynous1904 stress-relieving1947 chill-out1990 1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg ii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 257 None more needs a Matthew to preach A cooling, antiphlogistic, speech. B. n. A medicinal agent allaying inflammation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations allaying inflammation > [noun] antiphlogistic1744 non-steroidal1982 1744 G. Berkeley Siris 28 A powerful antiphlogistic, and preservative against corruption and infection. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 50 As an antiphlogistic, nitrate of silver acts..as an astringent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.n.1744 |
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