Phlegm

flem, n. one of the four elements of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed: the thick, slimy matter secreted in the throat, and discharged by coughing: sluggishne : indifference: calmne .— adj. Phlegmagogic (fleg-ma-goj′ik). — ns. Phleg′magogue , a medicine expelling phlegm; Phlegmā′sia , inflammation, esp. Phlegmasia dolens , puerperal tumid leg.— adjs. Phlegm at′ic , -al , abounding in or generating phlegm: cold: sluggish: not easily excited.— adv. Phlegm at′ically .— n. Phleg′mon , inflammation in the connective ti ue.— adjs. Phleg′monoid ; Phlegm′y . [Fr.,—L.,—Gr. phlegm a , phlegmatos — phlegein , to burn.]