phlegm

Example Sentences

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Some have been coughing up phlegm and breathing in a way he described as a “death rattle.”

From Seattle Times

The Greek physician Hippocrates believed that people’s personalities were governed by the amounts of phlegm, blood, black bile and yellow bile that flowed through their bodies.

From New York Times

To confirm the infection, health practitioners take a sputum sample – phlegm that the patient coughs up – and analyze it for tuberculosis bacteria.

From Salon

“Most days I wake up with so much phlegm I can hear the crackle when I lay on my back and when I breathe,” Yenny tells me in a text message.

From Scientific American

Testing more than one phlegm sample at a time significantly increases testing capacity, maximizing the number of people who can be tested over a given period while using fewer testing resources.

From Reuters