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rheum
[ room ]
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
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Example Sentences
The rheum still, sir, nothing else; I should be well seasoned, for mine eyes lie in brine.
"Rheum'tics done gone foh good, Ma'y Weeze," he said, his round face all smiles.
The sun had warmed her body somewhat, and the glistening rheum of frost had melted from all three.
He turned toward me, and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication.
The finest species of the family is the Himalayan Rheum nobile, but it is exceedingly difficult to grow.
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