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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Pituite :: Pituite (n.) Mucus, phlegm..
Phlegmatical :: Phlegmatical (a.) Phlegmatic.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Watery.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus..
Leucophlegmatic :: Leucophlegmatic (a.) Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin..
Hydrotic :: Hydrotic (a.) Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.
Phlegmon :: Phlegmon (n.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
Dephlegmated :: Dephlegmated (imp. & p. p.) of Dephlegmat.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm..
Apophlegmatizant :: Apophlegmatizant (n.) An apophlegmatic.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person..
Apophlegmatism :: Apophlegmatism (n.) An apophlegmatic.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Apophlegmatism :: Apophlegmatism (n.) The action of apophlegmatics.
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm..
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 (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise..
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..
Dephlegm :: Dephlegm (v. t.) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
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