Mid 18th century. From phlegmon + -oid. Compare post-classical Latin phlegmonodes (in a 6th-cent. translation of a Greek medical writer), Hellenistic Greek ϕλεγμονώδης.
Definition of phlegmonoid in US English:
phlegmonoid
adjectiveˈflɛɡmənɔɪd
rare
Resembling (a) phlegmon; phlegmonous.
Origin
Mid 18th century. From phlegmon + -oid. Compare post-classical Latin phlegmonodes (in a 6th-cent. translation of a Greek medical writer), Hellenistic Greek ϕλεγμονώδης.