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† apoˈphlegmatism Med. Obs.
[ad. Gr. ἀποϕλεγµατισµ-ός, f. ἀποϕλεγµατίζ-ειν: see below.]
1. The action of purging phlegm from the head.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Apophlegmatism by the mouth is a kind of particular Salivation.
2. An apophlegmatic agent or treatment.
1615S. Daniel Queen's Arcad. (1717) 184 Strange Speech..Of Trochises, Opiats, Apophilegmatisms. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. i. 8 Cupping the head and blistering the neck [in Apoplexy] signify little if Apophlegmatisms will not do. 1755in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. |