phlegmon noun. ['flɛgmǝn] Now rare. LME.
[Latin phlegmon, phlegmona from Greek. phlegmonē inflammation, a boil, from phlegein to burn.]
Severe inflammation of cellular tissue, tending to or producing suppuration; an acute local inflammation with redness and swelling; a boil, a carbuncle.

■ phleg'monic adjective pertaining to or of the nature of (a) phlegmon M18.

■ phlegmonoid adjective resembling (a) phlegmon M18.

■ phlegmonous adjective = phlegmonic L17.

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