Usually means: Thick mucus from respiratory tract.
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  1. phlegm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. phlegm: Merriam-Webster
  3. phlegm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. phlegm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. phlegm: Collins English Dictionary
  6. phlegm: Vocabulary.com
  7. Phlegm, phlegm: Wordnik
  8. phlegm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. phlegm: Wiktionary
  10. phlegm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. phlegm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. phlegm: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. phlegm: Dictionary.com
  14. phlegm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. phlegm: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Phlegm (artist), Phlegm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Phlegm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. phlegm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. phlegm: Rhymezone
  20. Phlegm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. phlegm: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. phlegm: FreeDictionary.org
  23. phlegm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. phlegm: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. phlegm: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. phlegm: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. phlegm: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Phlegm (sputum): Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. phlegm: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. phlegm: Medical dictionary
  7. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. phlegm: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Phlegm: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Phlegm (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. phlegm: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (historical) 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.
noun:  Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing.
noun:  (historical, chemistry, alchemy) A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution.
noun:  Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.

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