ALL meanings of phlegm
phlegm
P p - noun phlegm the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, especially that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold. 1
- noun phlegm one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing sluggishness or apathy. 1
- noun phlegm sluggishness, indifference, or apathy. 1
- noun phlegm self-possession, calmness, or composure. 1
- noun phlegm mucus 1
- noun phlegm calmness, composure 1
- noun phlegm apathy 1
- uncountable noun phlegm Phlegm is the thick yellowish substance that develops in your throat and at the back of your nose when you have a cold. 0
- noun phlegm the viscid mucus secreted by the walls of the respiratory tract 0
- noun phlegm one of the four bodily humours 0
- noun phlegm apathy; stolidity; indifference 0
- noun phlegm self-possession; imperturbability; coolness 0
- noun phlegm the thick, stringy mucus secreted by the mucous glands of the respiratory tract and discharged from the throat, as during a cold 0
- noun phlegm that one of the four humors of the body which was believed in medieval times to cause sluggishness or dullness 0
- noun phlegm sluggishness or apathy 0
- noun phlegm calmness or composure 0