apo phlegm at ism

[In Ger. apo phlegm at is mos; Gr. ἀποφλεγματισμός (apophleg matismos ); ἀποφλεγματίζω ( apophlegmatizō ) = to purge away phlegm: ἀπό ( apo ) = from, and φλέγμα ( phlegm a ) = a flame, inflammation, phlegm.] A medicine specially designed to expel phlegm from the blood. and so it is in apo phlegm at isms and gar garisms, that draw the rheum down by the palate."Bacon: Nat . Hist . , Cent. i., § 38.