Helen Fenton

Antiphlogistic: Definition and part of speech

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Antiphlogistic

  1. n. Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
  2. a. Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
  3. a. Counteracting inflammation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Antiphon: Definition and part of speech

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Antiphon

  1. n. A verse said before and after the psalms.
  2. n. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Antiphonal: Definition and part of speech

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Antiphonal

  1. n. A book of antiphons or anthems.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.