Found 3 items, similar to Phlegm.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: phlegm dahak, geladir, gelama
English → English (WordNet) Definition: phlegm phlegm n 1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality] 2: expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness [syn: sputum] 3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy [syn: languor, lethargy, sluggishness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Phlegm Phlegm \Phlegm\, n. [F. phlegme, flegme, L. phlegma, fr. Gr. ? a flame, inflammation, phlegm, a morbid, clammy humor in the body, fr. ? to burn. Cf. Phlox, Flagrant, Flame, Bleak, a., and Fluminate.] 1. One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages. [1913 Webster] 3. (Old Chem.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor. --Crabb. [1913 Webster] 4. Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness. [1913 Webster] They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm. --Pope. [1913 Webster]