Phlegm

[flem] or [flɛm]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness.

錄入:昆西--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.

(a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.

(a.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.

(a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.

編輯:莉齐

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Mucus, excrementitious humor.[2]. Apathy, insensibility, dulness, indifference, coldness, sluggishness.

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解釋/意思:

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: sluggishness: indifference: calmness.—adj. Phlegmagogic (fleg-ma-goj′ik).—ns. Phleg′magogue a medicine expelling phlegm; Phlegmā′sia inflammation esp. Phlegmasia dolens puerperal tumid leg.—adjs. Phlegmat′ic -al abounding in or generating phlegm: cold: sluggish: not easily excited.—adv. Phlegmat′ically.—n. Phleg′mon inflammation in the connective tissue.—adjs. Phleg′monoid; Phlegm′y.

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