PHLEGM
Phlegm, n. Etym: [F. phlegme, flegme, L. phlegma, fr. Gr. 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.)
Defn: Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
3. (Old Chem.)
Defn: 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.
PHLEGMAGOGUE
Phleg"ma*gogue, n. Etym: [Gr. (Old Med.)
Defn: A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
PHLEGMASIA
Phleg*ma"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. Phlegm.] (Med.)