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rheum

[ room ]

noun

  1. a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.
  2. catarrh; cold.


rheum

/ ruːm /

noun

  1. a watery discharge from the eyes or nose
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • rheumic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rheum1

1350–1400; Middle English reume < Late Latin rheuma < Greek rheûma ( rheu-, variant stem of rheîn to flow, stream + -ma noun suffix of result)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rheum1

C14: from Old French reume , ultimately from Greek rheuma bodily humour, stream, from rhein to flow
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Example Sentences

Amir began wheezing at night — once so badly that an ambulance was called — and woke up most mornings to find his eyes swollen shut with rheum.

Surprised and relieved that he could see me through all that rheum, I said, “How come?”

From Salon

Unwillingly do the manes of the deceased taste the tears and rheum shed by their kinsmen: then do not wait, but diligently perform the obsequies of the dead.

Dim or sore with water or rheum; Ð said of the eyes.

The Cornus alternifolia, or "swamp walnut," has a reputation among the people in certain localities as being a "sure" remedy for "salt rheum."

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