antiphlogistic, antiphlogistick

& s. [Gr. ἀντί ( anti ) = against, and Eng. phlogistic.] A. As adjective : 1. Med.: Tending to counteract burning heat; anti-febrile. * ăn-typh-on-er, ăn-tiph-on-ar ( Eng .), ăn-ti-phon-ar-i-um ( Mediev Lat.), s. [In Fr. antiphon a ire , anti phonier ; from Gr ἀντίφωνος (antiphōnos) = (1) an accord in the octave; (2) an antiphon, an anthem.] A service-book compiled by Pope Gregory the Great. It comprised all the invitatories, responsories, collects, and whatever else was sung or said in the choir except the le ons. From the responses contained in it, it was sometimes called responsorium. Similar compilations, or books of anthems, also received the name of antiphonaries. In 1424 two antiphonaries bought for a small monastery in Norfolk cost £52 = at least £200 of modern English money. [ANTHEM.] "He O alma red empt or is herde synge, As children lerned her antiphon ere." Chaucer: C. T., 14,930,