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Meanings of phlegm in English

Portuguese
letargia
Wikidata

Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy.

letargia
Portuguese
indiferença
Catalan
apatia
Spanish
impavidez

Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.

indiferença
Portuguese
escarro
Catalan
flegma

Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness.

escarro
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Examples for "sputum"
Examples for "sputum"
1
However, diagnosis of PTB is difficult for patients who cannot produce sputum.
Pubmed
2
The germ is found in the sputum and in the nasal secretions.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4) / A Personal Guide to the ...
3
Three sputum specimens were collected over 2 days from suspected TB patients.
Pubmed
4
AFB should be considered in high-risk patients, regardless of sputum cytology findings.
Pubmed
5
HA patients are more likely to have P aeruginosa in their sputum.
Pubmed
Usage of phlegm in English
1
Remember: Green phlegm does not necessarily mean there is a bacterial infection.
The Irish Times
2
Snake gall bladder proves especially effective in dissolving phlegm and improving vision.
Death of a Red Heroine
3
Chambers and Mitchell, on the other hand, behaved with traditional British phlegm.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
4
The room had an odor of phlegm and his breathing was strenuous.
The Fireman
5
Their phlegm leads me on, and I say more than I ought.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
6
Temper hawked up a wad of phlegm and spat to one side.
Night of Knives
7
Wheezing, cough, phlegm and breathlessness on exertion are suggestive signs for COPD.
Pubmed
8
Just then, Peregrine twisted in the bed, choking on his own phlegm.
A duty to the dead
9
A glob of glistening red phlegm struck the boy between two toes.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
10
Like a man struggling to breathe through lungs nearly flooded with phlegm.
Mutated
11
Was it because his fervid manner of love-making offended her English phlegm?
The Old Wives' Tale
12
Was it with him phlegm or contempt of danger, courage or indifference?
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
13
Then the other symptoms began, including a runny nose, sneezing and phlegm.
The Guardian
14
Harker coughed into a hankie that was stained and wet with phlegm.
Bones Never Lie
15
He would cough constantly, sometimes bringing up big black wads of phlegm.
Mutated
16
She covered her mouth and coughed hard, phlegm rattling in her throat.
House of Bathory
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