a. Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum. [ 1913 Webster ]
His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air
To add unto his sickness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a cold, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr.
I have a rheum in mine eyes too. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Salt rheum. (Med.)
‖n. [ NL., from L. Rha the river Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See Rhubarb. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One affected with rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. rheumaticus, F. rhumatique. See Rheum, Rheumatism. ]
That rheumatic diseases do abound. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr.&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to have or suffer from a flux, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; rheum: cf. F. rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum. ] (Med.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]
Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.),
Rheumatism root. (Bot.)
a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Rheumatism + -oid. ] (Med.) Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rheumic diathesis.
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Rheum. ] (Med.) The class of skin disease developed by the dartrous diathesis. See under Dartrous. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a cold, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr.
I have a rheum in mine eyes too. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Salt rheum. (Med.)
‖n. [ NL., from L. Rha the river Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See Rhubarb. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One affected with rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. rheumaticus, F. rhumatique. See Rheum, Rheumatism. ]
That rheumatic diseases do abound. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr.&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to have or suffer from a flux, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; rheum: cf. F. rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum. ] (Med.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]
Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.),
Rheumatism root. (Bot.)
a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Rheumatism + -oid. ] (Med.) Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rheumic diathesis.
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Rheum. ] (Med.) The class of skin disease developed by the dartrous diathesis. See under Dartrous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum. [ 1913 Webster ]
His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air
To add unto his sickness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]