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Webster 1913 Edition

Rheum

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Rhe′um

(rē′ŭm)
,
Noun.
[NL., from L.
Rha
the river Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See
Rhubarb
.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants. See
Rhubarb
.

Rheum

(rṳm)
,
Noun.
[OF.
reume
,
rheume
, F.
rhume
a cold,, L.
rheuma
rheum, from Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], fr.
ῥεῖν
to flow, akin to E.
stream
. See
Stream
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Hemorrhoids
.]
(Med.)
A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose.
I have a
rheum
in mine eyes too.
Shakespeare
Salt rheum
.
(Med.)
See
Salt rheum
, in the Vocabulary.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rheum

RHEUM

,
Noun.
[Gr. from to flow.]
1.
An increased and often inflammatory action of the vessels of an organ; but generally applied to the inflammatory action of the mucous glands, attended with increased discharge and an altered state of their excreted fluids.
2.
A thin serous fluid, secreted by the mucous glands, &c.; as in catarrh.

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