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n. [ Gr. &unr_;, Galen. ] 1. (Med.) The action of apophlegmatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An apophlegmatic. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An apophlegmatic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. de- + phlegm water; cf. F. déphlegmer, déflegmer. ] (O. Chem.) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dephlegmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dephlegmating. ] [ See Dephlegm. ] (Chem.) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déflegmation. ] (Chem.) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being freed from water. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. leykoflegmati`a; leyko`s white + fle`gma phlegm: cf. F. leucophlegmasie. ] (Med.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. leucophlegmatique, Gr. leykofle`gmatos. ] Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. phlegme, flegme, L. phlegma, fr. Gr. fle`gma a flame, inflammation, phlegm, a morbid, clammy humor in the body, fr. fle`gein to burn. Cf. Phlox, Flagrant, Flame, Bleak, a., and Fluminate. ] 1. One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Old Chem.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness. [ 1913 Webster ]

They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. flegmagwgo`s carrying of phlegm; fle`gma phlegm + 'a`gein to lead. ] (Old Med.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;. See Phlegm. ] (Med.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Phlegmasia dolens ety>[ NL. ], milk leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. phlegmaticus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. phlegmatique. ] 1. Watery. [ Obs. ] “Aqueous and phlegmatic.” Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Generating or causing phlegm. “Cold and phlegmatic habitations.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Phlegmatic. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a phlegmatic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Phlegmatically. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. phlegmone, phlegmon, inflammation beneath the skin, Gr. flegmonh`, fr. fle`gein to burn: cf. F. phlegmon. ] (Med.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]