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.
Full Definition of PHLEGMATIC. 1. : resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm(see phlegm). 2. : having or showing a slow and stolid temperament. â phlegÂ·matÂ·iÂ·calÂ·ly \-ti-k(É-)lÄ\ adverb. See phlegmatic defined for English-language learners.