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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

phlegmone

phlegmon

, inflammation beneath the skin, Gr.

φλεγμονή

, fr.

φλέγειν

to burn: cf. F.

phlegmon

(Med.)

Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.

Noun.

[Gr. to burn.] An external inflammation and tumor, attended with burning heat.

phlegmon ‎(plural phlegmons)

A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis.

non collected inflammation of connective tissue