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phlegm (flem) viscid mucus excreted in abnormally large quantities from the respiratory tract.
phlegm (flm)
n.
1. Thick, sticky, stringy mucus secreted by the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, as during a cold or other respiratory infection.
2. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause sluggishness, apathy, and evenness of temper.
phlegmy adj.
Phlegm
Another word for sputum; material coughed up from a person's airways.
Mentioned in: Expectorants, Isolation
phlegm
[flem]
Etymology: Gk, phlegma, mucus, sluggishness
thick mucus secreted by the tissues lining the airways of the lungs.
phlegm [flem]
viscid mucus excreted in abnormally large quantities from the respiratory tract.
phlegm (flemˑ),
n heavy mucus that originates in the lungs and mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
phlegm
viscid mucus excreted in abnormally large quantities from the respiratory tract.
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Flegm, CPA, CFE, (now retired) served for more than 30 years as an accounting executive for General Motors Corp.
The role of fair value accounting in the subprime mortgage meltdown by Young, Michael R.; Miller, Paul B.W.; Flegm, Eugene H. / Journal of Accountancy
Flegm represents the accounting professional's resistance to fair value measurement in place of a historical cost model.
Ethical Implications of reporting fair value in financial statements by Danile, Teresa M.; McCarthy, Irene N. / Review of Business
Flegm Since passage of the 1933 and 1934 securities acts, the role of the private sector in general and of businessmen in particular in the accounting standard-setting process has caused much controversy.
Responsive by Flegm, Eugene H. / Journal of Accountancy
 
 
 
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