a. 1. (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Counteracting inflammation. See also anti-inflammatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; not inflammable; 'a priv. + &unr_; set on fire. See Phlogiston. ] Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dephlogisticated p. pr. & vb. n. Dephlogisticating. ] [ Pref. de- + phlosticate: cf. F. déphlogistiguer. ] (O. Chem.) To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability. Priestley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dephlogisticated air, oxygen gas; -- so called by Dr. Priestly and others of his time.

-- De`phlo*gis`ti*ca"tion n. [1913 Webster]

a. 1. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Old Chem.) Phlogistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Phlogisticated p. pr. & vb. n. Phlogisticating. ] (Old Chem.) To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Old Chem.) The act or process of combining with phlogiston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Old Chem.) Partially impregnated with phlogiston. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]