rheum

rheum
rheumic, adj.
/roohm/, n.
1. a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, esp. during a cold.
2. catarrh; cold.
[1350-1400; ME reume < LL rheuma < Gk rheûma (rheu-, var. s. of rheîn to flow, STREAM + -ma n. suffix of result)]

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