Definition of phlegm

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Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.

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Phlegmagogue :: Phlegmagogue (n.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Generating or causing phlegm.
Hydrotic :: Hydrotic (a.) Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.
Phlegmasia :: Phlegmasia (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs..
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm..
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.
Phlegmonous :: Phlegmonous (a.) Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia..
Dephlegm :: Dephlegm (v. t.) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
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..
Hawk :: Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise..
Apophlegmatism :: Apophlegmatism (n.) The action of apophlegmatics.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Dephlegmating :: Dephlegmating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dephlegmat.
Leucophlegmacy :: Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats..
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (n.) An apophlegmatic medicine.
Pituitary :: Pituitary (a.) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities..
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