gargajo — meaning in English

English meaning

• phlegm noun Thick mucus produced in the throat or airways, especially when coughed up during a cold or infection.
• sputum noun The thick mucus coughed up from the lungs and airways, often examined by doctors to identify an infection.

Senses

gargajo is used for these senses in English:

• loogie (US, slang) A thick quantity of sputum, usually containing phlegm.
• phlegm Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]
• sputum (physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.

phlegm — full definition

1. noun Thick mucus produced in the throat or airways, especially when coughed up during a cold or infection.
2. noun Calm, unemotional composure, sometimes bordering on indifference.

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