Meaning of PHLEGM
| Pronunciation: | | flem
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, languor, lethargy, sluggishness, sputum, stolidity, unemotionality |
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| | See Also: | | apathy, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, inactiveness, inactivity, inertia, liquid body substance, mucous secretion, mucus | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | mucous from the lungs. |
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