Definition for PHLEG-MA-GOGUE

PHLEG-MA-GOGUE, n. [phleg'magog; Gr. φλεγμα, phlegm, and αγω, to drive.]

A term anciently used to denote a medicine supposed to possess the property of expelling phlegm. [Obs.] – Encyc. Floyer.

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