About The Word Phlegm
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Phlegm
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What's The Definition Of Phlegm?
[n] inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
[n] expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness [n] apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions Synonyms | Synonyms for Phlegm: emotionlessness | impassiveness | impassivity | indifference | languor | lethargy | sluggishness | sputum | stolidity | unemotionality Related Terms | Find terms related to Phlegm: acedia | aloofness | apathy | ataraxia | ataraxy | benumbedness | blah | blahs | boredom | calmness | chyle | colostrum | comatoseness | composure | coolness | detachment | discharge | disinterest | dispassion | drowsiness | dullness | enervation | ennui | fatigue | gleet | heartlessness | heaviness | hebetude | hopelessness | humor | ichor | impassivity | imperturbability | inanimation | inappetence | indifference | insensibility | insouciance | jadedness | lachryma | lack of appetite | lackadaisicalness | lactation | languidness | languishment | languor | languorousness | lassitude | lenitude | lentor | lethargicalness | lethargy | leukorrhea | lifelessness | listlessness | lymph | matter | milk | mucor | mucus | nonchalance | numbness | oscitancy | passiveness | passivity | peccant humor | phlegmaticalness | phlegmaticness | plucklessness | purulence | pus | resignation | resignedness | rheum | saliva | sangfroid | sanies | satedness | self-possession | serous fluid | serum | sleepiness | sloth | slothfulness | slowness | sluggishness | snot | somnolence | sopor | soporifousness | spiritlessness | spunklessness | stoicism | stolidity | stupefaction | stupor | supineness | suppuration | sweat | tear | teardrop | the whites | torpidity | torpidness | torpitude | torpor | unconcern | unresponsiveness | urine | weariness | withdrawnness | world-weariness See Also | apathy | bodily fluid | body fluid | humor | humour | inactiveness | inactivity | inertia | liquid body substance | mucous secretion | mucus Phlegm In Webster's Dictionary \Phlegm\, n. [F. phlegme, flegme, L. phlegma, fr. Gr. ? a
flame, inflammation, phlegm, a morbid, clammy humor in the
body, fr. ? to burn. Cf. {Phlox}, {Flagrant}, {Flame},
{Bleak}, a., and {Fluminate}.]
1. One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the
blood to be composed. See {Humor}. --Arbuthnot.
2. (Physiol.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in
the respiratory and digestive passages.
3. (Old Chem.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from
a spirituous liquor. --Crabb.
4. Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest;
indifference; coldness.
They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm.
--Pope.
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