RHEUM

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.

2.
n.

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.


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