a. and sb. Med. Obs. [f. *apophlegmatize, ad. Gr. ἀποφλεγματίζ-ειν to purge away phlegm + -ANT: cf. anæsthesiant. (Prob. there was mod.L. apophlegmatīzāre, -āntem.]
1718. Quincy is cited in Johnson.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Apophlegmatizants … are of two kinds, one administred by the way of the mouth, and intended to operate by spitting; the other given by the nostrils, to operate by sneezing, &c.
