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phlegm
(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus. [from 13th c.]
Viscidmucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]
(chemistry) A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution. [from 16th c.]
“Murugan would suck in air, turn his head and cough out phlegm into a container he had asked for.”
“John Bull could, accordingly, maintain his phlegm.”
“The feelings which arise from coldness and phlegm cause the opposites of these qualities, that is to say, heaviness in the members, and torpid actions.”