1. of, relating to, or involving inflammation or inflammatory conditions
Usage: medical/scientific term
2. relating to or based on the theory of phlogiston, a hypothetical substance once thought to be released during combustion
Usage: archaic; historical chemistry

Examples

• The patient's phlogistic response to the infection required immediate treatment.
• Phlogistic conditions often present with redness, swelling, and heat.
• Eighteenth-century chemists debated phlogistic theories of fire and combustion.
• The phlogistic model was eventually replaced by modern oxidation theory.
• Anti-phlogistic remedies were commonly prescribed in medieval medicine.