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phlegm
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Phlegm
(gcide) | Phlegm \Phlegm\ (fl[e^]m), n. [F. phlegme, flegme, L. phlegma,
fr. Gr. fle`gma a flame, inflammation, phlegm, a morbid,
clammy humor in the body, fr. fle`gein 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.
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2. (Physiol.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in
the respiratory and digestive passages.
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3. (Old Chem.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from
a spirituous liquor. --Crabb.
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4. Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest;
indifference; coldness.
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They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm.
--Pope.
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phlegm
(wn) | phlegm
n 1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
[syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness,
phlegm, 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: phlegm, sputum]
3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general
appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn:
languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness] |
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emphysematous phlegmon
(encz) | emphysematous phlegmon, n: |
gas phlegmon
(encz) | gas phlegmon, n: |
phlegmasia alba dolens
(encz) | phlegmasia alba dolens, n: |
phlegmatic
(encz) | phlegmatic,flegmatický adj: Zdeněk Brožphlegmatic,lhostejný adj: Zdeněk Brožphlegmatic,netečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
phlegmatical
(encz) | phlegmatical, adj: |
phlegmatically
(encz) | phlegmatically,flegmaticky adv: Zdeněk Brožphlegmatically,netečně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
phlegmy
(encz) | phlegmy,hlenový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Apophlegmatic
(gcide) | Apophlegmatic \Ap`o*phleg*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; ? from + ? full of
phlegm. See Phlegmatic.] (Med.)
Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from
mouth or nostrils. -- n. An apophlegmatic medicine.
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Apophlegmatism
(gcide) | Apophlegmatism \Ap`o*phleg"ma*tism\, n. [Gr. ?, Galen.]
1. (Med.) The action of apophlegmatics.
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2. An apophlegmatic. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Apophlegmatizant
(gcide) | Apophlegmatizant \Ap`o*phleg*mat"i*zant\, n. (Med.)
An apophlegmatic. [Obs.]
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Dephlegm
(gcide) | Dephlegm \De*phlegm"\, v. t. [Pref. de- + phlegm water; cf. F.
d['e]phlegmer, d['e]flegmer.] (O. Chem.)
To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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Dephlegmate
(gcide) | Dephlegmate \De*phleg"mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dephlegmated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Dephlegmating.] [See Dephlegm.] (Chem.)
To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or
distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used
of spirits and acids.
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Dephlegmated
(gcide) | Dephlegmate \De*phleg"mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dephlegmated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Dephlegmating.] [See Dephlegm.] (Chem.)
To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or
distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used
of spirits and acids.
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Dephlegmating
(gcide) | Dephlegmate \De*phleg"mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dephlegmated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Dephlegmating.] [See Dephlegm.] (Chem.)
To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or
distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used
of spirits and acids.
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Dephlegmation
(gcide) | Dephlegmation \De`phleg*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]flegmation.]
(Chem.)
The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by
evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also
concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it.
[Obs.]
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Dephlegmator
(gcide) | Dephlegmator \De*phleg"ma*tor\, n.
An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by
evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling
apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected.
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Dephlegmatory
(gcide) | Dephlegmatory \De*phleg"ma*to*ry\, a.
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
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Dephlegmedness
(gcide) | Dephlegmedness \De*phlegm"ed*ness\, n.
A state of being freed from water. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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Leucophlegmacy
(gcide) | Leucophlegmacy \Leu`co*phleg"ma*cy\
(l[=u]`k[-o]*fl[e^]g"m[.a]*s[y^]), n. [Gr. leykoflegmati`a;
leyko`s white + fle`gma phlegm: cf. F. leucophlegmasie.]
(Med.)
A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca;
paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.
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Leucophlegmatic
(gcide) | Leucophlegmatic \Leu`co*phleg*mat"ic\ (-fl[e^]g*m[a^]t"[i^]k),
a. [Cf. F. leucophlegmatique, Gr. leykofle`gmatos.]
Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin.
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Phlegm
(gcide) | Phlegm \Phlegm\ (fl[e^]m), n. [F. phlegme, flegme, L. phlegma,
fr. Gr. fle`gma a flame, inflammation, phlegm, a morbid,
clammy humor in the body, fr. fle`gein 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.
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2. (Physiol.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in
the respiratory and digestive passages.
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3. (Old Chem.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from
a spirituous liquor. --Crabb.
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4. Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest;
indifference; coldness.
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They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm.
--Pope.
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Phlegmagogue
(gcide) | Phlegmagogue \Phleg"ma*gogue\, n. [Gr. flegmagwgo`s carrying of
phlegm; fle`gma phlegm + 'a`gein to lead.] (Old Med.)
A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
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Phlegmasia
(gcide) | Phlegmasia \Phleg*ma"si*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. ?. See Phlegm.]
(Med.)
An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the
internal organs.
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Phlegmasia dolens (d[=o]"l[e^]nz) [NL.], milk leg.
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Phlegmasia dolens
(gcide) | Phlegmasia \Phleg*ma"si*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. ?. See Phlegm.]
(Med.)
An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the
internal organs.
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Phlegmasia dolens (d[=o]"l[e^]nz) [NL.], milk leg.
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Phlegmatic
(gcide) | Phlegmatic \Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
phlegmatique.]
1. Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." --Sir I. Newton.
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2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic
constitution. --Harvey.
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3. Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic
habitations." --Sir T. Browne.
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4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull;
sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. --Addison.
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Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic
temperament. See under Lymphatic.
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phlegmatic phlegmatical stolid
(gcide) | emotionless \e*mo"tion*less\ adj.
1. unsusceptible to, destitute of, or showing no emotion;
unmoved by feeling. Opposite of emotional; as, he kept
his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he
served. [Narrower terms: matter-of-fact, prosaic;
philosophical, philosophic; {phlegmatic, phlegmatical,
stolid}; stoic, stoical; unblinking] Also See: cool,
passionless, unmoved(predicate), unmoving.
Syn: unemotional, passionless.
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Phlegmatic temperament
(gcide) | Phlegmatic \Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
phlegmatique.]
1. Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." --Sir I. Newton.
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2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic
constitution. --Harvey.
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3. Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic
habitations." --Sir T. Browne.
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4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull;
sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. --Addison.
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Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic
temperament. See under Lymphatic.
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Phlegmatical
(gcide) | Phlegmatical \Phleg*mat"ic*al\, a.
Phlegmatic. --Ash.
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Phlegmatically
(gcide) | Phlegmatically \Phleg*mat"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a phlegmatic manner.
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Phlegmaticly
(gcide) | Phlegmaticly \Phleg*mat"ic*ly\, a.
Phlegmatically. [Obs.]
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Phlegmon
(gcide) | Phlegmon \Phleg"mon\, n. [L. phlegmone, phlegmon, inflammation
beneath the skin, Gr. flegmonh`, fr. fle`gein to burn: cf. F.
phlegmon.] (Med.)
Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
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Phlegmonous
(gcide) | Phlegmonous \Phleg"mon*ous\, a. [Cf. F. phlegmoneux.]
Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous
pneumonia. --Harvey.
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Undephlegmated
(gcide) | Undephlegmated \Undephlegmated\
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emphysematous phlegmon
(wn) | emphysematous phlegmon
n 1: (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by
clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue
death; can be used as a bioweapon [syn: gas gangrene,
clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene,
emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, {gas
phlegmon}, progressive emphysematous necrosis] |
gas phlegmon
(wn) | gas phlegmon
n 1: (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by
clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue
death; can be used as a bioweapon [syn: gas gangrene,
clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene,
emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, {gas
phlegmon}, progressive emphysematous necrosis] |
phlegmasia alba dolens
(wn) | phlegmasia alba dolens
n 1: painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following
childbirth [syn: milk leg, white leg, {phlegmasia alba
dolens}] |
phlegmatic
(wn) | phlegmatic
adj 1: showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly
undemonstrative man" [syn: phlegmatic, phlegmatical] |
phlegmatical
(wn) | phlegmatical
adj 1: showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly
undemonstrative man" [syn: phlegmatic, phlegmatical] |
phlegmatically
(wn) | phlegmatically
adv 1: in a phlegmatic manner; "he accepted the decision
phlegmatically" |
phlegmy
(wn) | phlegmy
adj 1: characterized by phlegm; "a phlegmy discharge" [ant:
dry] |
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