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Defenition of the word phlegm

    • Defenition of the word phlegm

      • A sticky fluid secreted by the mucous membranes of animals.
      • calm and unruffled self-assurance; "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran"
      • apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
      • expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
      • inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

    Synonyms for the word phlegm

      • coolness
      • emotionlessness
      • impassiveness
      • impassivity
      • imperturbability
      • imperturbableness
      • indifference
      • sputum
      • stolidity
      • unemotionality

    Hypernyms for the word phlegm

      • apathy
      • bodily fluid
      • body fluid
      • calmness
      • humor
      • humour
      • inactiveness
      • inactivity
      • inertia
      • liquid body substance
      • mucous secretion
      • mucus

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