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- Dictionaryphlegm/flɛm/
noun
- 1. the thick viscous substance secreted by the mucous membranes of the respiratory passages, especially when produced in excessive quantities during a cold. Similar
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Phlegm is a thick secretion in the airway during disease and inflammation. Phlegm usually contains mucus with virus, bacteria, other debris, and sloughed-off inflammatory cells. Once phlegm has been expectorated by a cough, it becomes sputum. Excessive phlegm creation
PHLEGM definition: 1. a thick substance in your nose and throat that is produced when you have a cold 2. the ability…. Learn more.
The meaning of PHLEGM is viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory passages. How to use phlegm in a sentence.
the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, especially that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold.
PHLEGM meaning: 1. a thick substance in your nose and throat that is produced when you have a cold 2. the ability…. Learn more.
Phlegm is the thick yellowish substance that develops in your throat and at the back of your nose when you have a cold.
the ability to remain calm in a situation that is difficult or frightening. Phlegm and perseverance carried them through many troubles. Word Origin. See phlegm in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: phlegm. Definition of phlegm noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
n. 1. the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, esp. that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold. 2. one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing sluggishness or apathy. 3. sluggishness or apathy. 4. calmness; composure.
Phlegm is a thick secretion of mucous. It's hard to sleep when you have a bad cold and your throat is full of phlegm.
phlegm definition: a thick liquid produced in your lungs, throat, and nose when you have a cold (= common illness that…. Learn more.
