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apophlegmatic

apophlegmatic adjective: designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.

Adjective

apophlegmatic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.
    • Apophlegmatic ElectuaryThomas Fuller, Pharmacopœia Extemporanea, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Noun

apophlegmatic (plural apophlegmatics)

  1. (obsolete) Any apophlegmatic medicine.

Forms of apophlegmatic

pluralapophlegmatics

Origin of apophlegmatic

From apo- + phlegmatic.

Questions about apophlegmatic

What does apophlegmatic mean?
Apophlegmatic means designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.
What part of speech is apophlegmatic?
Apophlegmatic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near apophlegmatic in the dictionary

  1. apophenia
  2. apophenias
  3. apophenic
  4. Apophian
  5. Apophis
  6. apophlegmatic
  7. apophlegmatics
  8. apophlegmatism
  9. apophlegmatisms
  10. apophonic
  11. apophonically

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