Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHLEG-MON
PHLEG-MAT'IC-AL-LYPHLEG'MO-NOUS
PHLEG-MON, n. [Gr. φλεγμονη, from φλεγω, to burn.]
A specific cutaneous, hemispheric and defined inflammatory tumor, red, tensive, glabrous, painful, polarized, suppurating, pus perfect, bursting at the pole.
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