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.
In the human respiratory system, mucus aids in the protection of the lungs by trapping foreign particles that enter them, in particular, through the nose, during normal breathing. Phlegm is a specialized term for mucus that is restricted to the respiratory tract, whereas the term nasal mucus describes secretions of the nasal passages.