antiperistalsis (antiperistalsis)

[NL., IMG:content-0893.png:[blocks in formation] ton (which see): as, the anti phlogistic system. 2. In med., counteracting inflammation or a feverish state of the system: as, antiphlogistic remedies or treatment.-Antiphlogistic theory, a theory of combustion first advanced by Lavoisier, who held that in combustion, instead of phlogiston escaping, according to the theory of Stahl, there was a combination with oxygen. The antiphlogistic theory of combustion, modified and enlarged, is the one now universally accepted. or II. n. Any medicine or application which tends to check or allay inflammation. antiphon, anti phone (an'ti-fon or -fon), n. [The earlier E. forms produced mod. anthem , q. v.; antiphon a (fem. sing (fem. sing.), ἀντίφωνον (sing.), anthem, prop. neut. of ἀντίφωνος , sounding in answer, ἀντί , in return, + φωνή , voice: see pho netic , and cf. anthem .] 1. A psalm, hymn, prayer sung responsively or by alternation of two choirs, as in the English cathedral service. -2. In the liturgy or ma of both the Eastern and Western churches, as well as in the day-hours and other offices, a series of verses from the Psalms or other parts of Scripture, either in their original sequence or combined from various pa ages, sung as a prelude or conclusion to some part of the service. It is sometimes especially limited to the verse sung before or after the psalms of the office, the tones of which are deter mined by the musical mode, according to the Greg or i an chant, of their respective antiphons. (See chant and mode .) Liturgiologists retain a more extended use of the word, making it include various brief responsories as well as longer chants. Scripture, 3. A scriptural pa age or original composition sung as an independent part of the service, and set to more elaborate music; an anthem.-4. An echo or a response. [Rare.] The great synod. that is to meet at Ham borough to me sounds like an anti phone to the other malign conjunction at Colen. Sir H. Wotton , Reliquiæ, p. 376. To double an antiphon. See double.