Definition of phlegm

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Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.

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Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
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..
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm..
Phlegmaticly :: Phlegmaticly (a.) Phlegmatically.
Dephlegmedness :: Dephlegmedness (n.) A state of being freed from water.
Hawk :: Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise..
Pituitary :: Pituitary (a.) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities..
Phlegmagogue :: Phlegmagogue (n.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
Phlegmatical :: Phlegmatical (a.) Phlegmatic.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
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.
Leucophlegmacy :: Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats..
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..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (n.) An apophlegmatic medicine.
Phlegmonous :: Phlegmonous (a.) Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia..
Phlegmatically :: Phlegmatically (adv.) In a phlegmatic manner.
Dephlegmatory :: Dephlegmatory (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation..
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..
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