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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Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (n.) An apophlegmatic medicine.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor..
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..
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm..
Dephlegmedness :: Dephlegmedness (n.) A state of being freed from water.
Pituite :: Pituite (n.) Mucus, 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.
Apophlegmatism :: Apophlegmatism (n.) The action of apophlegmatics.
Phlegmatical :: Phlegmatical (a.) Phlegmatic.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person..
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..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Phlegmatically :: Phlegmatically (adv.) In a phlegmatic manner.
Leucophlegmatic :: Leucophlegmatic (a.) Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin..
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus..
Dephlegmating :: Dephlegmating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dephlegmat.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
Phlegmasia :: Phlegmasia (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs..
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