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† ˌapophlegˈmatic, a. and n. Med. Obs.
[mod. formation, not on Gr. analogies, with reference to ἀποϕλεγµατίζ-ειν (see below) and form of phlegmatic.]
A. adj. Promoting the removal of phlegm; expectorant.
B. n. (sc. agent.)
1727Swift Gulliver iii. vi. 216 Administer to each of them..apophlegmatics. 1731Bailey, Apophlegmatick Medicine, medicines to be chewed that have the faculty to purge the head and brain of cold phlegmatick humours by the nose, mouth, etc. 1880in Syd. Soc. Lex. as ‘old term.’ |