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phlo•gis•tic
(flō jis′tik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Pathologyinflammatory.
- pertaining to or consisting of phlogiston.
- Greek phlogist(ós) inflammable (verbid of phlogízein to set on fire; akin to phlox, phlegm) + -ic
- 1725–35
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