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phlegm::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality |
| Type of | apathy |
| Derivation | phlegmatic, phlegmatical |
phlegm::noun | Spocien Dictionary
expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sputum |
| Type of | mucous secretion, mucus |
| Derivation | phlegmy |
phlegm::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flatness, languor, lethargy, sluggishness |
| Type of | inactiveness, inactivity, inertia |
| Derivation | phlegmatic, phlegmatical |
Examples of phlegm
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But out here in Iowa, Democratic phlegm is the distinctive trait that leaps out.
From the economist.com
Hobbs's choice, however, has reliably proved a matter of phlegm and pragmatism.
From the independent.co.uk
The truckie hawks up a throatful of phlegm and spits it into the nearest pothole.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
But in about a day the cough subsides and the annoying phlegm feeling disappears.
From the guardian.co.uk
After she takes Mucinex, a phlegm-loosening expectorant, the whole crew is evicted.
From the usatoday.com
I just get what tastes like a gobful of seawater containing a large hunk of phlegm.
From the guardian.co.uk
He puts enough phlegm into every line to make for instantly memorable quotes.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In 2006, St. Louis spent the second half coughing up phlegm, finishing with 83 wins.
From the denverpost.com
It is reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog or the world's largest chunk of phlegm.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Emotionlessness: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
- Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
- Languor: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
- Phlegm /u02C8flu025Bm/ (Greek: u03C6u03BBu03ADu03B3u03BCu03B1 "inflammation, humour caused by heat") is a liquid secreted by the mucous membranes of mammals. Its definition is limited to the mucus produced by the respiratory system, excluding that from the nasal passages, and particularly that which is expelled by coughing (sputum)...
- One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus. [from 13th c.]; Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c. ...
- May be a visible, sticky substance such as mucus or metaphorical to indicate a disorder that causes a reduction in the flow of qi
- Water...cold and moist: phlegmatic, sedentary, sickly, fearful
- A good indicator of a pathogenic substance or a disorder in the body. Phlegm can either be external and visible, or internal and invisible.
- A general term for any aqueous fraction of a distillation.
