adjective
= phlegmonous .
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From post-classical Latin phlegmonicus, flegmonicus from Hellenistic Greek ϕλεγμονικός inflammatory (Galen) from ancient Greek ϕλεγμονή + -ικός.
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