RHEUM


Meaning of RHEUM in English

— rheumic , adj.

/roohm/ , n.

1. a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, esp. during a cold.

2. catarrh; cold.

[ 1350-1400; ME reume rheuma rheûma ( rheu-, var. s. of rheîn to flow, STREAM + -ma n. suffix of result) ]

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