phlegm

Etymology
From, , , from , (🇨🇬), and their source, , from , from. Compare, , , ,. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2) Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing.
 * 3) * 2005, "Endangered Species?" Hannah Beech, Time, 14 Nov 2005:
 * "Even some members of the new bourgeoisie indulge in conspicuously boorish behavior, like hawking phlegm onto the pavement or picking their noses at business meetings."
 * 1)  A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution.
 * 2) Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.
 * 1) Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.
 * 1) Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.

Derived terms

 * phlegm-cutter
 * phlegmish

Translations

 * Arabic: بَلْغَم
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: flegma
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φλέγμα
 * Hebrew: לֵחָה
 * Latin: pītuīta
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Tagalog: plema


 * Arabic: بَلْغَم, قُشَاعَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: بلغم
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: খেঁকাৰ
 * Azerbaijani: bəlğəm
 * Bashkir: ҡаҡырыҡ
 * Belarusian: макро́та, харко́ціна, слізь
 * Bulgarian:, слуз
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cebuano: plema, kughal
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: flegma, ,
 * Georgian: ლორწო, ლორწოვანი ნახველი, ნახველი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φλέγμα
 * Hebrew: לֵחָה,
 * Hindi: बलग़म,, ,
 * Icelandic: öndunarfæraslím, kvefslím
 * Ilocano: turkak
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: réama
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: badlo
 * Kazakh: қақырық
 * Khmer:, សេមហកលា
 * Kikuyu: kohozi, makorora
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ສເລດ, ອາກ
 * Latin: pītuīta
 * Lithuanian: skrepliai
 * Macedonian: слуз
 * Malay:
 * Maori: wharo, wharowharo,, maremare
 * Middle Persian:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Mongolian: ᠴᠡᠷ, ᠰᠠᠯᠢᠰᠤ
 * Navajo: chátłʼish
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: slim
 * Ojibwe: agig
 * Ottoman Turkish: بلغم
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: слу̑з
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: hlien, sliz
 * Slovene: sluz
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kalaghala, kanaghala, kanighala, plema
 * Tajik: балғам
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:, , สิ่งขาก
 * Tibetan: ལུད་པ
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: gakylyk
 * Ukrainian: мокроти́ння, мокро́та, харкоти́ння,
 * Urdu: بلغم
 * Uyghur: بەلغەم, خەپرۈك
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: flegma,
 * Georgian: ფლეგმატურობა, სიმშვიდე, აუღელვებლობა, გულგრილობა
 * German:, , , Schwerfälligkeit, stoische Ruhe,
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: rólyndi,
 * Irish: fuarchúis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 冷静さ
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Georgian:, , ,
 * Hebrew: ליחה
 * Polish: orosienie