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Phlegm

One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.

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Apathy 76% connected

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inactivity 76% connected

The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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Inertia 76% connected

That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direc…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mucus 76% connected

A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open ex…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flatness 92% connected

The quality or state of being flat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impassivity 92% connected

The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Indifference 92% connected

The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; i…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Languor 92% connected

A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lethargy 92% connected

Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sputum 92% connected

That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stolidity 92% connected

The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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