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Webster 1913 Edition
Rheum
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Rheum
(rṳm)
, Noun.
[OF. , and cf.
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.
Hemorrhoids
.] (Med.)
A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose.
I have a
rheum
in mine eyes too. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Rheum
RHEUM
,Noun.
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.Definition 2024
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Rheum
See also: rheum
Translingual
Proper noun
Rheum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – the rhubarbs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Polygonaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rheum rhaponticum false rhubarb - type species; Rheum acuminatum, Rheum alexandrae, Rheum altaicum, Rheum australe, Rheum collinianum, Rheum compactum, Rheum cordatum, Rheum coreanum, Rheum darwazicum, Rheum delavayi, Rheum emodi (Himalayan rhubarb; possibly = Rheum australe), Rheum fedtschenkoi, Rheum forrestii, Rheum glabricaule, Rheum globulosum, Rheum hotaoense, Rheum inopinatum, Rheum korshinskyi, Rheum kialense, Rheum laciniatum, Rheum lhasaense, Rheum likiangense, Rheum lobatum, Rheum lucidum, Rheum macrocarpum, Rheum macropterum, Rheum maculatum, Rheum maximowiczii, Rheum moorcroftianum, Rheum nanum, Rheum nobile, Rheum officinale medicinal rhubarb, Rheum palaestinum, Rheum palmatum Chinese rhubarb, Rheum plicatum, Rheum przewalskyi, Rheum pumilum, Rheum racemiferum, Rheum reticulatum, Rheum rhabarbarum garden rhubarb, Rheum rhizostachyum, Rheum rhomboideum, Rheum ribes, Rheum rupestre, Rheum spiciforme, Rheum subacaule, Rheum sublanceolatum, Rheum tanguticum, Rheum tataricum, Rheum tetragonopus, Rheum tibeticum, Rheum turkestanicum, Rheum uninerve, Rheum webbianum, Rheum wittrockii, Rheum yunnanense (species)
rheum
rheum
See also: Rheum
English
Noun
rheum (countable and uncountable, plural rheums)
- (uncountable) Watery or thin discharge of serum or mucus, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease. [from 14th c.]
- 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, 102
- He wore about his shoulders a heavy cloak; his pale face was drawn and his voice broken with rheum.
- 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, 102
- Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a cold, catarrh; rheumatism. [from 14th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.8:
- he […] had all his faculties free and easie, onely a rheume excepted that fell into his stomacke.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.8:
- (poetic) Tears. [from 16th c.]
Hyponyms
- (dried rheum around eyes): crusty (slang), gound (UK dialectal), sleep, sleepy dust (informal)
Derived terms
Translations
nose discharge
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eye discharge — see gound
illness
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