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phlogogenous

phlogogenous adjective: causing inflammation.

Adjective

phlogogenous (comparative more phlogogenous, superlative most phlogogenous)

  1. (archaic) Causing inflammation.
    Synonyms:
    phlogogenetic

Synonyms of phlogogenous

Forms of phlogogenous

comparativemore phlogogenous
superlativemost phlogogenous

Origin of phlogogenous

From Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “fire”) + -genous.

Questions about phlogogenous

What does phlogogenous mean?
Phlogogenous means causing inflammation.
What part of speech is phlogogenous?
Phlogogenous is an adjective.

Words near phlogogenous in the dictionary

  1. phlogistonist
  2. phlogistonists
  3. phlogistons
  4. phlogogenetic
  5. phlogogenic
  6. phlogogenous
  7. phlogopite
  8. phlogopites
  9. phlogopitic
  10. phlogopitization
  11. phlogosed

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