adj. Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.
adj. Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining or relating to phlogiston.
In medicine, inflammatory.
Word Usage
"If the fire particles are separated, as by a prism, or if they enter the pores of certain phlogistic principles or particles of bodies, then color appears."