Once alcohol has entered your bloodstream it remains in your body until it is processed. About 90-98 per cent of alcohol that you drink is broken down in your liver. The other 2-10 per cent of alcohol is removed in your urine, breathed out through your lungs or excreted in your sweat.
Definition of phlegm. 1 : the one of the four humors in early physiology that was considered to be cold and moist and to cause sluggishness. 2 : viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory passages.
1. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; having a calm or apathetic temperament. 2. of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm. [1300â50; Middle English fleumatik < Middle French fleumatique < Late Latin phlegmaticus < Greek phlegmatikÃ³s pertaining to phlegm] phlegâ¢matâ²iâ¢calâ¢ly, adv.