antiphlogistic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
noun
A plant or remedy that reduces inflammation.
Example Sentences
- "Messengers went off for her physician and medical man. They came, consulted, prescribed, vanished. The young companion of Miss Crawley, at the conclusion of their interview, came in to receive their instructions, and administered those antiphlogistic medicines which the eminent men ordered."
- "Inflammatory glossocele must be combated by antiphlogistics."