a. and sb. [f. as prec. + -IC; cf. phlogistic.] A. adj.
1. = prec. adj.
1788. Priestley, in Phil. Trans., LXXVIII. 155–6. They cannot, therefore, be simple substances, as the antiphlogistic theory makes them to be.
c. 1865. J. Wylde, in Circ. Sc., I. 88/2. His new theory of combustion, the Antiphlogistic.
2. Med. Counteracting or reducing inflammation.
1769. Buchan, Dom. Med., xliii. (1826), 184. The plethoric state of the patient … led to the employment of the antiphlogistic … treatment.
1803. Edin. Rev., I. 471. The disease is … to be treated by topical remedies and the antiphlogistic plan.
1877. Roberts, Handbk. Med., I. 219. All antiphlogistic remedies are to be deprecated.
b. fig. Allaying excitement. rare.
1840. Hood, Kilmansegg, cxxxvi. None more needs a Matthew to preach, A cooling antiphlogistic speech.
B. sb. A medicinal agent allaying inflammation.
1744. Berkeley, Siris, 28 (T.). It is both unctuous and penetrating, a powerful antiphlogistic, and preservative against corruption and infection.
1875. H. Wood, Therap. (1879), 50. As an antiphlogistic, nitrate of silver acts … as an astringent.
