Definition of phlegm

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Phlegm (a.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.

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Hydrotic :: Hydrotic (a.) Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.
Phlegmon :: Phlegmon (n.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Generating or causing phlegm.
Dephlegm :: Dephlegm (v. t.) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
Leucophlegmacy :: Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats..
Phlegmagogue :: Phlegmagogue (n.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
Dephlegmating :: Dephlegmating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dephlegmat.
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm..
Dephlegmatory :: Dephlegmatory (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation..
Leucophlegmatic :: Leucophlegmatic (a.) Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
Phlegmaticly :: Phlegmaticly (a.) Phlegmatically.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person..
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm..
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Pituitary :: Pituitary (a.) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor..
Phlegmasia :: Phlegmasia (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs..
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution..
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