phlogisticationt (flojistikashon)

[= F. phlogistic at i on; as phlogisticate + -ion.] The act or proce of combining with phlogiston. phlogiston (flō-jis'ton), n. [NL., It is only after Stahl's [1660-1734] labors that a scien tific chemistry becomes for the first time po ible; the e ential difference between the teaching of the science then and now being that the phenomena of combustion were then believed to be due to a chemical decomposition, phlogiston being supposed to escape, whilst for the same phenomena now by a chemical combination, oxygen or some element being taken up. Roscoe and Schorl emmer, Treatise on Chemistry (1888), I. 14. phlogogenic (flog-ō-jen'ik), a. [ As phlogoge nous + -ic.] Same as phlogogenous. of Texas, there discovered by Drummond in 1835. P. divaricata is the wild phlox of the eastern States, with early bluish-lilac flowers. P. reptans, the creeping phlox, is an important spring-flowering species of the south. 2. [ l. c.] Any plant of this genus. phlox in (flok's in), n. [ phlyctena, phlyctæna (flik-te'nä), n.; pl. phlyctenæ, phlyctænæ (-nē). [NL. phlyctæna, boil over.] A small vesicle. phlyctenar, phlyctænar (flik-te'när), a. [ phlyctenæ; blistered. phlyctenoid, phlyctænoid (flik-te'noid), a. [ phocacean Phlox-worm and Moth (Helio this phlogophagus ), natural size.