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adj. - Counteracting inflammation.

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Usage examples (35)
  • No doubt, as Dr. Gould says, the use of alcohol in medical practice is nothing now compared to what it was twenty years ago, much more forty years ago, when Dr. Todd's...
  • Despite the defiance of this single warrior the battle was really lost and won, and as the century closed "antiphlogistic" chemistry had practical possession of the field.
  • All antiphlogistic means have failed, such as blood-letting and the free use of evacuants.
  • -- In acute inflammation, antiphlogistic applications are indicated and the subject must be kept quiet.
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