资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rheum \Rheum\ (r[udd]m), n. [OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a
cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. ???, fr. "rei^n to flow,
akin to E. stream. See {Stream}, n., and cf. {Hemorrhoids}.]
(Med.)
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.
Salt rheum \Salt" rheum\ (Med.)
A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various
cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See
{Eczema}.