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Phlogistic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.
  2. 2
    Pertaining to or containing phlogiston. historical

    "His experiments, with their phlogistic explanations, led him to believe that the only distinct species of air were the fixed, alkaline, and acid."

  3. 3
    Burning, fiery. obsolete

Etymology

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

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