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rheum

noun

1
: a watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes or nose
2
archaic : tears
rheumy adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web 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. Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 9 July 2018 This washes excess tear fluid that would form into rheum away into your eye’s tear drainage system, Dr. Kathuria explains. Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Jan. 2018

Word History

Etymology

Middle English reume, from Anglo-French, from Latin rheuma, from Greek, literally, flow, flux, from rhein to flow — more at stream

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of rheum was in the 14th century

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