1. Medicines or substances believed to reduce inflammation or fever by counteracting excessive heat in the body.
Usage: archaic; medical history; plural form; singular is antiphlogistic

1. Relating to or having the property of reducing inflammation or fever.
Usage: archaic; medical history

Examples

• Eighteenth-century physicians prescribed antiphlogistics such as bloodletting and cold water to treat fevers.
• The antiphlogistic theory held that disease resulted from excessive heat in the body.
• Antiphlogistics were among the most popular remedies before the advent of modern medicine.
• Doctors believed antiphlogistic treatments would restore the body's natural balance.
• The antiphlogistic approach to medicine has been largely abandoned in favor of evidence-based treatments.