phlegm


   

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phlegm

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[ English

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[ Pronunciation

[ Etymology

From French phlegme, flegme, Latin phlegma, from Greek a flame, inflammation, phlegm, a morbid, clammy humor in the body, to burn. Compare with phlox, flagrant, flame, bleak (adjective), and fulminate.

[ Noun

phlegm

  1. Viscid mucus secreted in the respiratory and digestive passages.
  2. A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.
  3. One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed.
  4. Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.

[ Translations

mucus secreted in the respiratory and digestive passages
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