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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- phlegm [flεm]
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1.
noun
[u]
痰
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1.
noun
[u]
痰
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- phlegm [flεm]
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1.
n
the viscid mucus secreted by the walls of the respiratory tract
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2.
n
[archaic]
one of the four bodily humours
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3.
n
apathy; stolidity; indifference
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4.
n
self-possession; imperturbability; coolness
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5.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French fleume, from Late Latin phlegma, from Greek: inflammation, from phlegein to burn
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1.
n
the viscid mucus secreted by the walls of the respiratory tract
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