1. phlegm - Noun
2. phlegm - Adjective
One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.
Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
Source: Webster's dictionarythe general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends Source: Internet
Above this is a whitish layer of white blood cells (the "phlegm"). Source: Internet
Each substance is known for having a corresponding humour: black bile, phlegm, blood and yellow bile, respectively. Source: Internet
He coins comic names "that make him even more bourgeois than he really is: Cotonnet, Bombet, Chamier." citation : 80 He uses many ridiculous names: "Don phlegm", " Giorgio Vasari ", "William Crocodile", "Poverino", "Baron de Cutendre". Source: Internet
Clear phlegm or mucus from your throat by coughing. Source: Internet
Sputum or phlegm is coughed up from the lower airways in the respiratory tract—the bronchi, bronchioles, and —rather than glands in the mouth and throat. Source: Internet