phlegmasia
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin , from Ancient Greek φλεγμᾰσία (phlegmasía, “inflammation”), from φλέγμα (phlégma, “flame”) (whence also phlegm).
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editNoun
editphlegmasia (usually uncountable, plural phlegmasiae)
- (medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs.
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editPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “phlegmasia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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