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rheum
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–noun
| 1. | a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, esp. during a cold. |
| 2. | catarrh; cold. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME reume < LL rheuma < Gk rheûma (rheu-, var. s. of rheîn to flow, stream + -ma n. suffix of result)
1350–1400; ME reume < LL rheuma < Gk rheûma (rheu-, var. s. of rheîn to flow, stream + -ma n. suffix of result)
Related forms:
rheumic, adjective
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| rheum (rōōm) n. A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose. [Middle English reume, from Old French, from Late Latin rheuma, from Greek, a flowing, rheum; see sreu- in Indo-European roots.] rheum'y adj. |
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Rheum
Rheum\ (r[udd]m), n. [OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. ???, fr. "rei^n to flow, akin to E. stream. See Stream, n., and cf. Hemorrhoids.] (Med.) A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose. I have a rheum in mine eyes too. --Shak. Salt rheum. (Med.) See Salt rheum, in the Vocab.
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rheum
1377, from O.Fr. reume (13c.), from L. rheuma, from Gk. rheuma "stream, current, a flowing," from rhein "to flow," from PIE base *sreu- "to flow" (cf. Skt. sravati "flows," srotah "stream;" Avestan thraotah- "stream, river," O.Pers. rauta "river;" Gk. rheos "a flowing, stream;" O.Ir. sruaim, Ir. sruth "stream, river;" Welsh ffrwd "stream;" O.N. straumr, O.E. stream, O.H.G. strom (second element in maelstrom); Lett. strauma "stream, river;" Lith. sraveti "to trickle, ooze;" O.C.S. struja "river," o-strovu "island," lit. "that which is surrounded by a river;" Pol. strumyk "brook").
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Main Entry: rheum
Pronunciation: 'rüm
Function: noun
: a watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes or nose; also : a condition (as a cold) marked by such discharge —rheumy /-E/ adjective
Main Entry: Rhe·um
Pronunciation: 'rE-&m
Function: noun
: a genus of Asian herbs (family Polygonaceae) that have large leaves, loose stipularsheaths, small flowers in paniculate racemes, and a 3-winged fruit and that include the rhubarbs (as the Chinese rhubarb, R. officinale, and rhapontic, R. rhaponticum)
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rheum (r&oomacr;m)
n.
A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose.
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