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rheum
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noun
- a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.
- catarrh; cold.
rheum
/ ruːm /
noun
- a watery discharge from the eyes or nose
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Other Words From
- rheumic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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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.
From Washington Post
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.
From Project Gutenberg
Dim or sore with water or rheum; Ð said of the eyes.
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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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