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phlogosis

phlogosis noun: inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation.

Noun

phlogosis (countable and uncountable, plural phlogoses)

  1. (archaic) inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation

Forms of phlogosis

pluralphlogoses

Origin of phlogosis

From Ancient Greek φλόγωσις (phlógōsis, “burning heat”).

Questions about phlogosis

What does phlogosis mean?
Phlogosis means inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation.
What part of speech is phlogosis?
Phlogosis is a noun.
What is the plural of phlogosis?
The plural of phlogosis is phlogoses.

Words near phlogosis in the dictionary

  1. phlogopites
  2. phlogopitic
  3. phlogopitization
  4. phlogosed
  5. phlogoses
  6. phlogosis
  7. phlogotic
  8. phlogs
  9. phloladid
  10. phloladids
  11. phlomis

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