phlegm
Nouns
- (n) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, stolidity, unemotionality, indifference,
- (n) expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness sputum,
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(n) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
- the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends