English Dictionary

phlogistic

adj

(medicine) Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers. / (chemistry, physics, now historical) Pertaining to or containing phlogiston. / (obsolete) Burning, fiery.

The patient's phlogistic condition worsened overnight.

意味（1）

(medicine) Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.

意味（2）

(chemistry, physics, now 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.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Burning, fiery.