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Rheum definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RHEUM, n. [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, etc.; as in catarrh.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose)
2: rhubarb [syn: Rheum, genus Rheum]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English reume, from Anglo-French, from Latin rheuma, from Greek, literally, flow, flux, from rhein to flow — more at stream Date: 14th century 1. a watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes or nose 2. archaic tears • rheumy adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a watery discharge from a mucous membrane, esp. of the eyes or nose. Etymology: ME f. OF reume ult. f. Gk rheuma -atos stream f. rheo flow

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rheic Rhe"ic, a. [NL. Rheum rhubarb, Gr. ??? See Rhubarb.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum). [Obsoles.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rheum Rhe"um (r[=e]"[u^]m), n. [NL., from L. Rha the river Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See Rhubarb.] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rhubarb Rhu"barb, n. [F. rhubarbe, OF. rubarbe, rheubarbe, reubarbare, reobarbe, LL. rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum, Gr. ??? (and ??) rhubarb, from the river Rha (the Volga) on whose banks it grew. Originally, therefore, it was the barbarian plant from the Rha. Cf. Barbarous, Rhaponticine.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonace[ae]. 2. The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant. 3. (Med.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine. Monk's rhubarb. (Bot.) See under Monk. Turkey rhubarb (Med.), the roots of Rheum Emodi.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Rhubarb.

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