phlegm• After gargling on her phlegm for a while, she began to choke.• An irritatingcough producing very little phlegm and becoming worse when taking a deepbreath.• My voice is like sandpaper, I cough up gobs of phlegm, my liver feels like a sandbag.• Kingsley rolledphlegm in his throat but remained with his head bowed.• He looked in the mirror and could see a gout of her smoker's phlegm on his cheek.
Originphlegm
(1300-1400)Old Frenchfleume, from Latinphlegma, from Greek, “flame, phlegm”, from phlegein“to burn”