Definition of phlegm

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

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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..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
Phlegmatically :: Phlegmatically (adv.) In a phlegmatic manner.
Dephlegmated :: Dephlegmated (imp. & p. p.) of Dephlegmat.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
Phlegmasia :: Phlegmasia (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs..
Dephlegmatory :: Dephlegmatory (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation..
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm..
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Watery.
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm..
Leucophlegmacy :: Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats..
Hawk :: Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise..
Dephlegmating :: Dephlegmating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dephlegmat.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (n.) An apophlegmatic medicine.
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm..
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