phlegm
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affectlessness, apathy, emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, numbness
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The practitioner dealt mostly with plants and relied on the ancient system called the Four Humors, which focused on bile, phlegm, and blood. — Dennis Hohenberger, courant.com, "Horticulturalist Gives History Of The Apothecary," 30 Aug. 2019 Unfortunately for Kulick, sago jelly, a delicacy the villagers proudly prepare for him, reminds him of phlegm flavored with furniture polish. — Lucinda Robb, Washington Post, "As a language dies, who will mourn? Should anyone?," 9 Aug. 2019 Galen, the Greco-Roman physician of the second century, argued that all human pathology could be conceptualized as imbalances of humors—black bile, yellow bile, blood, and phlegm. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019 Step 2: Sweet tea ferments in tanks with 2,000 gallons of symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, known as SCOBY, which looks like a giant phlegm Frisbee. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "How To Make Gasoline From Tea," 15 May 2019 Other symptoms of congestive heart failure include a rapid or irregular heartbeat, a persistent cough or wheezing with white or pink phlegm, an increased need to pee at night, difficulty concentrating, and chest pain, according to the Mayo Clinic. — Korin Miller, SELF, "13 Surprising Medical Conditions That Can Cause Weight Gain or Loss (and When to Go to the Doctor)," 12 Nov. 2018 Signs and symptoms that may indicate a serious cause of chest pain: Association with fever, or cough plus green or yellow phlegm. Coughing up blood. — Philly.com, "Medical mystery: An unexpected - and ironic - cause of chest pain," 24 June 2018 Toby, Council's Australian shepherd, recently started coughing up blood and phlegm, Council said. — Lily Altavena, azcentral, "Controversy in the air as Mesa homeowners decry neighboring asphalt plant’s odors," 11 July 2018 Image Chazz Palminteri had phlegm in his throat on a recent Friday. — New York Times, "Chazz Palminteri Is Singing. Sonny Would Tell You to Listen.," 25 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'phlegm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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