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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Phlegmon [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An external inflammation and tumor, attended with burning heat.

Phlegmon [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.

Phlegmonous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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

Phlegmonous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia.