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PRONUNCIATION OF APOPHLEGMATIC

apophlegmatic  [ˌæpəflɛɡˈmætɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APOPHLEGMATIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Apophlegmatic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES APOPHLEGMATIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Apophlegmatism

Apophlegmatisms, in pre-modern medicine, were medications chewed in order to draw away phlegm and humours from the head and brain. Such treatments were called apophlegmatic. Of this kind, tobacco was considered excellent, except for the damage it does to teeth. Sage was said to have almost the same virtues without the same defects. The word comes from the Greek ἀπὸ and φλέγμα .

Definition of apophlegmatic in the English dictionary

The definition of apophlegmatic in the dictionary is having the ability to remove phlegm.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APOPHLEGMATIC


anastigmatic
ˌænəstɪɡˈmætɪk
apophthegmatic
ˌæpəθɛɡˈmætɪk
apothegmatic
ˌæpəθeɡˈmætɪk
astigmatic
ˌæstɪɡˈmætɪk
bregmatic
breɡˈmætɪk
diaphragmatic
ˌdaɪəfræɡˈmætɪk
dogmatic
dɒɡˈmætɪk
enigmatic
ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk
kerygmatic
ˌkerɪɡˈmætɪk
magmatic
mæɡˈmætɪk
nondogmatic
ˌnɒndɒɡˈmætɪk
pantopragmatic
ˌpæntəʊˌpræɡˈmætɪk
paradigmatic
ˌpærədɪɡˈmætɪk
phlegmatic
flɛɡˈmætɪk
pragmatic
præɡˈmætɪk
sigmatic
sɪɡˈmætɪk
stigmatic
stɪɡˈmætɪk
synallagmatic
ˌsɪnæləɡˈmætɪk
syntagmatic
ˌsɪntæɡˈmætɪk
undogmatic
ˌʌndɒɡˈmætɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APOPHLEGMATIC

apopemptic
apophasis
apophatic
apophony
apophthegm
apophthegmatic
apophthegmatist
apophthegmatize
apophyge
apophyllite
apophysate
apophyseal
apophyses
apophysial
apophysis
apoplast
apoplectic
apoplectical
apoplectically
apoplex

WORDS THAT END LIKE APOPHLEGMATIC

aromatic
asymptomatic
automatic
charismatic
chromatic
cinematic
climatic
diplomatic
dramatic
enzymatic
monochromatic
pneumatic
problematic
schematic
simatic
somatic
static
symptomatic
systematic
thematic
traumatic

Synonyms and antonyms of apophlegmatic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «apophlegmatic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APOPHLEGMATIC

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Translator English - Chinese

apophlegmatic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apophlegmatic
570 millions of speakers

English

apophlegmatic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

apophlegmatic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طارد للبلغم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

apophlegmatic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apophlegmatic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

apophlegmatic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apophlegmatic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apophlegmatic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

apophlegmatic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

apophlegmatic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

apophlegmatic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apophlegmatic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

apophlegmatic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

apophlegmatic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऍफोफॅग्नेटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

apophlegmatic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apophlegmatic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

apophlegmatic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

apophlegmatic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apophlegmatic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

apophlegmatic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

apophlegmatic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

apophlegmatic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

apophlegmatic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of apophlegmatic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APOPHLEGMATIC»

The term «apophlegmatic» is barely ever used and occupies the 208.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apophlegmatic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APOPHLEGMATIC»

Discover the use of apophlegmatic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apophlegmatic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Journal
The celebrated remedy for apoplexy of the Dominican friars of Rouen, called “ Elixir Antapoplexia” was nothing more than a combination of powerful apophlegmatic ingredi' ents, calculated to disembarrass the lining membrane of the trachea, ...
Louisiana State Medical Society, 1849
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The medical vocabulary
APOPHLEGMATIC (Gr apo, from ; phlegma, phlegm). Applied to medicines which excite discharges of mucus from the mouth or nostrils. APOPHLEGMATISM ( same). The action of an apophlegmatizant. APOPHLEGMATIZANT. Etym. as, and  ...
Robert Fowler, 1860
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The Medical Vocabulary: Containing a Concise Explanation of ...
APOPHLEGMATIC (Gr. ap0,from; phlegma, phlegm). Applied to medicines which excite discharges of mucus from the mouth or nostrils. APOPHLEGMATISM ( same). The action of an apophlegmatizant. APOPHLEGMATIZANT. Etym. as, and  ...
Robert FOWLER (M.D., of Edinburgh.), 1860
4
The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Apophìe'gmàtìsm (í. in physic, from apophlegmatic) A medicine to draw phlegm from the blood. Apophlegtriati'aant (t. in medicine, from apophlegmatic) Auy remedy Which causes a discharge of mucous matter from the nostrils. APOPH' THEGM ...
John Ash, 1775
5
The Chambers Dictionary
[L, from Gr, denial, from apo away from, and plianai to say] apophlegmatic ap-d- fleg-mat'ik, (mcd) adj promoting the discharge of mucus. — n an apophlegmatic agent. [Gr apophlegmalikos, from apo off; see phlegm] apophthegm or apothegm  ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
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Concise English Dictionary
apophatic a-po-fat'ik, (theol.) adj. (of a description of God) using negatives, i.e. saying what God is not. apophlegmatic ap-6-fleg-mat'ik, adj. promoting the discharge of mucus. — n. an apophlegmatic agent. [Gr. apophlegmatikos — apo, off; see ...
G. (Ed ). Davidson, 2007
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A French and English dictionary
APOPHLEGMATIC (ap-o-fleg'-ma-tik) and Apo pa léguât ic al, adj. [efficacious against phlegmatic humours] Apophlegmatiqve, bon contre les flegmes. APOPHLEGMATISM (ap-ó-flepT-ma-tizm) or Apopblrgh ATi жаят, s. [:i medicine against ...
Joseph Wilson (Professor in St. Gregory's College.), 1833
8
An Attempt to Render the Pronunciation of the English ...
... 197v aphoristically', 28' aphrodisiac, 282 apiary, 21; apiece, 1 18 apocalyptical, 29! npologetical, 291 apologist, 226 apologize, 242 apology, 227 apophlegmatic, 281 apoplectic, 252 apostasy, 227 apostatlze, 242 aposiolic, 251 apostolical, ...
William Smith, 1795
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The Oxford and Cambridge Review
... to feel for him is at first sorrow, and .in the end admiration. How strangely we read Shakspeare! Perhaps no set of speeches, through the whole of the plays, have provided more material for the apophlegmatic moralist,or leaked piecemeal in ...
10
Lexicon Medicum, Or, Medical Dictionary: Containing an ...
The more prominent symptoms of apoplexy being analogous to those which indicate compmn'on of the brain, the disease was, till lately, An apophlegmatic naturally enough referred by pathologists to effusion of blood or serum within the  ...
Robert Hooper, Klein Grant, 1848

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