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US
/ˈfɫɛm/
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[ UK /flˈɛm/ ]
[ UK /flˈɛm/ ]
NOUN
- expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
- apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
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inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends
How To Use phlegm In A Sentence
- I now speak of local diseases; and, first, of phlegmonous inflammation. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827
- Do not spit everywhere, should phlegmy spit inside cuspidor, undertake alexipharmic next.
- What phlegmatical reasons soever were made you," wrote the Queen, who but three weeks before had been so gentle and affectionate to her, ambassador, "how happeneth it that you will not remember, that when a man hath faulted and committed by abettors thereto, neither the one nor the other will willingly make their own retreat. History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)
- My voice is like sandpaper, I cough up gobs of phlegm, my liver feels like a sandbag.
- Macha is 145 pounds of phlegmatic composure, a St. Bernard who can't help but look dignified and profound, even when she is waiting for a treat.
- Bombing his own men and planes was more than even the most phlegmatic observer could stomach, and it looked like the end for him…
- According to humoral theory, the body comprised of the four humours blood, phlegm, choler, and melancholy; and pathological conditions are the result of humoral abnormalities.
- Then hadn't it been Deeck, the phlegmatic militiaman who had taught her an English limerick? DISPLACED PERSON
- The sanguine humour is the principal humour of the blood which embodies the other three humours: the choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic within it.
- It always leaves me thirsty and phlegmy but it's my little treat and I enjoy it and that's important too. Orthorexia