phlegm

Thick, sticky, stringy mucus secreted by the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, as during a cold or other respiratory infection.

One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause sluggishness, apathy, and evenness of temper.

Sluggishness of temperament.

Calm self-possession; equanimity.

One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed.

In old chemistry, the aqueous, insipid, and in odorous products obtained by subjecting moist vegetable matter to the action of heat.

A thick viscid matter secreted in the digestive and respiratory passages, and discharged by coughing or vomiting; bronchial mucus.

Dullness; sluggishness; indifference; coolness; apathy; calm self-restraint.

Synonyms Insensibility, Impassibility, etc. See apathy.

One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See humor.