Phlegm
noun
Thick liquid produced in your nose and throat especially when you're sick.
She coughed up some phlegm.
Often appears as...
- cough up phlegm
- phlegm in throat
noun
In ancient and medieval medicine, phlegm is one of the four main body fluids that affects a person's health and mood.
In medieval medicine, it was believed that an excess of phlegm in the body could cause diseases.
Often appears as...
- excess of phlegm
- body's phlegm
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
Thick liquid produced in your nose and throat especially when you're sick.
She coughed up some phlegm.
Often appears as...
- cough up phlegm
- phlegm in throat
noun
In ancient and medieval medicine, phlegm is one of the four main body fluids that affects a person's health and mood.
In medieval medicine, it was believed that an excess of phlegm in the body could cause diseases.
Often appears as...
- excess of phlegm
- body's phlegm
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Illness Related
Phlegm usually relates to being unwell, often accompanying a cough or cold.
She felt ill and noticed more phlegm than usual.
Pro Tip 2/3Viscosity
It's a thick, sticky substance, unlike the more watery mucus when not sick.
The phlegm was thick and made his throat feel clogged.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Discussion of phlegm may be considered unpleasant or impolite in some situations.
Please don’t talk about your phlegm at the dinner table!
Pro Tip 1/3Illness Related
Phlegm usually relates to being unwell, often accompanying a cough or cold.
She felt ill and noticed more phlegm than usual.
Pro Tip 2/3Viscosity
It's a thick, sticky substance, unlike the more watery mucus when not sick.
The phlegm was thick and made his throat feel clogged.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Discussion of phlegm may be considered unpleasant or impolite in some situations.
Please don’t talk about your phlegm at the dinner table!
Pro Tip 1/3Illness Related
Phlegm usually relates to being unwell, often accompanying a cough or cold.
She felt ill and noticed more phlegm than usual.
Pro Tip 2/3Viscosity
It's a thick, sticky substance, unlike the more watery mucus when not sick.
The phlegm was thick and made his throat feel clogged.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Discussion of phlegm may be considered unpleasant or impolite in some situations.
Please don’t talk about your phlegm at the dinner table!
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
and the purpose of the territory mocking is not only to demarcate against other females but also to advertise to males you'll see male lipids I'll stick their faces in and their it noses into the urine and they were tested and tested Jacobson organ with that phlegm and grimace which will then allow for him
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
George Ripley
American Activist
But in this Second Work if thou extract our Air and our Fire with the phlegm water, they will the more naturally and easily be drawn out of their infernal prison, and with less losse of their Spirits, than by the former way before described.
Quote examples
George Ripley
American Activist
But in this Second Work if thou extract our Air and our Fire with the phlegm water, they will the more naturally and easily be drawn out of their infernal prison, and with less losse of their Spirits, than by the former way before described.
Example 1 of 1
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