flegm

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(Tıp) phlegm
One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus

Each person's unique mixture of these substances determines his temperament: a predominance of blood gives a sanguine temperament; a predominance of phlegm makes one phlegmatic; yellow bile, bilious (or choleric); and black bile, melancholic.

Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference

But Swedish Nazis also talked of the necessity of saving Sweden from Bolshevism, and with the menacing Berlin radio gnawing in their ears many Swedes lost their Scandinavian phlegm.

{n} a watery humor of the body
Thick mucous from the respiratory passage
thick mucous secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory passages
Phlegm is the thick yellowish substance that develops in your throat and at the back of your nose when you have a cold. = mucus
Thick mucus, especially that from the respiratory passages (CMD 1997)
thick mucus especially from the respitory tract
may be a visible, sticky substance such as mucus or metaphorical to indicate a disorder that causes a reduction in the flow of qi
Abnormal amounts of mucus; phlegm coughed up through the mouth is called sputum
{i} moisture; mucus; slowness; apathy, indifference
Thick mucous from the respiratory passages
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Phlegm arises from stagnation of the body fluids It can cause symptoms such as mucous in the Lungs, nodules on joints, kidney or gall stones and/or lumps under the skin If it blocks the Heart orifices it can cause some forms of mental illness
Viscid mucus secreted in the respiratory and digestive passages
Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages
A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor
expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed
Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness