Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHLO-GIS'TIC
PHLO-GIS'TIC, a. [See Phlogiston.]
- In chimistry, partaking of phlogiston; inflaming. – Adams.
- In medicine, entonic or sthenic, that is, attended with a preternatural degree of vital energy and strength of action in the heart and arteries.
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