phlogistic

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18
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21
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10

Definition of phlogistic

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.
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adj

  1. Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.
  2. (historical)Pertaining to or containing phlogiston.
    “His experiments, with their phlogistic explanations, led him to believe that the only distinct species of air were the fixed, alkaline, and acid.”
  3. (obsolete)Burning, fiery.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλογιστός (phlogistós, “flammable”), from φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”); in chemistry sense reinforced by phlogist(on) + -ic.

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