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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Expectorate :: Expectorate (v. t.) To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth..
Dephlegmate :: Dephlegmate (v. t.) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids..
Hydrotic :: Hydrotic (a.) Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.
Apophlegmatism :: Apophlegmatism (n.) An apophlegmatic.
Phlegmon :: Phlegmon (n.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm..
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor..
Dephlegmator :: Dephlegmator (n.) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected.
Dephlegmedness :: Dephlegmedness (n.) A state of being freed from water.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution..
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus..
Phlegmonous :: Phlegmonous (a.) Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia..
Phlegmasia :: Phlegmasia (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
Dephlegmation :: Dephlegmation (n.) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it..
Phlegmagogue :: Phlegmagogue (n.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
Leucophlegmacy :: Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats..
Apophlegmatizant :: Apophlegmatizant (n.) An apophlegmatic.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Generating or causing phlegm.
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