RHEUM Definition & Meaning

rheum

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

rheum

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noun

a watery discharge from the eyes or nose

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��ܳ�i�� adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of rheum¹

1350–1400; Middle English reume < Late Latin rheuma < Greek ��û�� ( rheu-, variant stem of ��î�� to flow, stream + -ma noun suffix of result)

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�y��vlog 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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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.

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

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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.

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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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