Definition of phlegm

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

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Leucophlegmatic :: Leucophlegmatic (a.) Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin..
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.
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution..
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
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.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm..
Phlegmasia :: Phlegmasia (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs..
Apophlegmatism :: Apophlegmatism (n.) The action of apophlegmatics.
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.
Phlegmaticly :: Phlegmaticly (a.) Phlegmatically.
Dephlegmating :: Dephlegmating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dephlegmat.
Phlegmagogue :: Phlegmagogue (n.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm..
Dephlegmatory :: Dephlegmatory (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (n.) An apophlegmatic medicine.
Phlegmatical :: Phlegmatical (a.) Phlegmatic.
Apophlegmatism :: Apophlegmatism (n.) An apophlegmatic.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
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