† 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.)
| 1727 Swift Gulliver iii. vi. 216 Administer to each of them..apophlegmatics. 1731 Bailey, 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. 1880 in Syd. Soc. Lex. as ‘old term.’ |