Noun phlegm has 3 senses
  1. emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality - apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
    --1 is a kind of apathy
  2. phlegm, sputum - expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
    --2 is a kind of mucus, mucous secretion; liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
  3. languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm - inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
    --3 is a kind of inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
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