as in numbness
a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness
a man of remarkable phlegm, never showing enthusiasm nor displeasure
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Recent Examples of phlegm
Baby wet cough: A wet cough causes phlegm or mucus (which contains white blood cells to help fight germs) to form in the baby's airways.
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Evan Forster, Parents, 17 June 2024
Depending on what those results show, the next step can be a blood test or a phlegm sample.
—Melody Schreiber, NPR, 2 May 2024
For example, something as simple as coughing up phlegm is exponentially more difficult and exhausting for a quadriplegic than for most non-disabled people.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
What are the symptoms of active TB? Symptoms include a bad cough that lasts three or more weeks, pain in the chest and coughing up blood or phlegm.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024
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Evan Forster, Parents, 17 June 2024
Depending on what those results show, the next step can be a blood test or a phlegm sample.
—Melody Schreiber, NPR, 2 May 2024
For example, something as simple as coughing up phlegm is exponentially more difficult and exhausting for a quadriplegic than for most non-disabled people.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
What are the symptoms of active TB? Symptoms include a bad cough that lasts three or more weeks, pain in the chest and coughing up blood or phlegm.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Phlegm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phlegm. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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