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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Hydrotic :: Hydrotic (a.) Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.
Dephlegmatory :: Dephlegmatory (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation..
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
Phlegmaticly :: Phlegmaticly (a.) Phlegmatically.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Watery.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus..
Apophlegmatizant :: Apophlegmatizant (n.) An apophlegmatic.
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..
Phlegmatical :: Phlegmatical (a.) Phlegmatic.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm..
Pituitary :: Pituitary (a.) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities..
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..
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..
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..
Phlegmagogue :: Phlegmagogue (n.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
Dephlegmedness :: Dephlegmedness (n.) A state of being freed from water.
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