phlegmon
[ flĕg′mŏn′ ]
n.
Acute suppurative inflammation affecting the subcutaneous connective tissue.
Other words from phlegmon
phleg′mon•ous (-mə-nəs) adj.Words nearby phlegmon
Example sentences from the Web for phlegmon
I had a death from diphtheria when a long incision into a phlegmon of the thigh had become diphtheritic.
What are the Tumours or Impostumes that partake of a Phlegmon?
The Compleat Surgeon, or the Whole Art of Surgery Explain'd in a Most Familiar Method |Charles Gabriel Le ClercI do not much like the term phlegmonous inflammation, because phlegmon alone is inflammation.