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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

phlegmoneux

Having the nature or properties of phlegmon;

as,

phlegmonous

pneumonia

Harvey.

Adj.

Having the nature or properties of a phlegmon; inflammatory; burning; as a phlegmonous tumor.

phlegmonous ‎(comparative more phlegmonous, superlative most phlegmonous)