| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  r m |
| NOUN: | A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English reume, from Old French, from Late Latin rheuma, from Greek, a flowing, rheum. See sreu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | rheum y —ADJECTIVE
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