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Definition: Rheum |
RheumNoun1. Rhubarb. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Rheum" was first used: sometime around 1373. (references) |
Synonym: RheumSynonym: genus Rheum (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excretion | Saliva, spittle, rheum; ptyalism, salivation, catarrh; diarrhoea; ejecta, egesta, sputa; excreta; lava; exuviae; (uncleanness). |
Fluidity | Fluid, inelastic fluid; liquid, liquor; lymph, humor, juice, sap, serum, blood, serosity, gravy, rheum, ichor, sanies; chyle. |
Water | Noun: water; serum, serosity; lymph; rheum; diluent; agua, aqua, pani. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rheum |
| English words defined with "Rheum": Bleared ♦ Emodin, Enrheum ♦ garden rhubarb, genus Rheum ♦ pie plant ♦ Rheic, Rheum australe, Rheum cultorum, Rheum emodi, Rheum palmatum, Rheum rhabarbarum, Rheum rhaponticum, Rheumatismoid, Rheumic, Rheumy ♦ Salt rheum ♦ Turkey rhubarb ♦ Yerba reuma. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Rheum": ANTINEPHRITITIC ♦ RHEUM OFFICINALE. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Rheum": Braxy ♦ Catarrh ♦ Rheic, Rheumides, rhubarb. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Rheum Palmatum L.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Rheum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rheum" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Rheum": genus Rheum ♦ Rheum australe ♦ Rheum cultorum ♦ rheum emodei ♦ Rheum emodi ♦ Rheum palmatum ♦ Rheum rhabarbarum ♦ Rheum rhaponticum ♦ salt rheum. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rheum | 15 |
rheum palmatum | 9 |
arthritis rheum | 5 |
rhaponticum rheum | 2 |
australe rheum | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Rheum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sekrecion (secretion), ftohje (alienation, cold, dissension, estrangement, refrigeration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сълзи (brine, dew, eyewater, lachrymation, waterworks), секреция (secretion), хрема (catarrh, cold, snuffles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schleim (gruel, mucilage, mucus, phlegm, slime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνέχι, μύξα (mucilage, mucus, slime, snivel, snot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyálka (mucilage, mucus, phlegm, slaver, slime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | muco (mucilage, mucus, phlegm, slime), catarro (catarrh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | carbeig (mucus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eumrhay reuma, saliva (dribble, gob, saliva, spit, spittle, sputum), lágrimas (blubber, brine, gregarious, hallo, water), defluxo (coryza), catarro (catarrh). (various references) rãcealã (ague, chill, chilliness, cold, coldness, cool, coolness, distance, freshness, frigidity, frost, go by, reserve), urdoare (blearedness, gum), guturai (catarrh, cold in the head, coryza), dureri reumatice. (various references) выделения (excreta), насморк (cold in the head, head cold). (various references) sream (become wrinkled, corrugate). (various references) sluz (mucus, phlegm). (various references) reuma (rheumatism), legaña. (various references) reum. (various references) น้ำมูก (mucus). (various references) катар (catarrh), виділення слизових оболонок, нежить (catarrh, cold, coryza). (various references) nước dâi, đờm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | rheuma. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Rheum": rheumatic, rheumatically, rheumatics, rheumatism, rheumatisms, rheumatiz, rheumatizes, rheumatoid, rheumatologies, rheumatologist, rheumatologists, rheumatology, rheumic, rheumier, rheumiest, rheums, rheumy. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Rheum": antirheumatic, antirheumatics. (additional references) | |
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"Rheum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hreu, rehlm, Rehm, rehome, rehum, remu, rerum, rham, rhe, rhean, rheem, rheid, rheim, rhelm, rhem, rhema, rheo, rheuma, rheums, rhiem, rhim, rhoeume, Rhu, rhue, rhum, rhur, Rieux, ruhuhu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-m-r-u" | |
-1 letter: herm, mure. | |
-2 letters: emu, hem, her, hue, hum, rem, rue, rum. | |
-3 letters: eh, em, er, he, hm, me, mu, re, uh, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-m-r-u" | |
+1 letter: humeri, hummer, musher, rheums, rheumy. | |
+2 letters: chetrum, exhumer, humaner, humbler, humeral, humerus, hummers, humored, humpier, inhumer, mouther, muncher, murther, mushers, mushier, rhenium, rheumic, thumper, vermuth. | |
+3 letters: ambusher, chemurgy, cherubim, chetrums, chummier, drumhead, eurythmy, exhumers, grumphie, haulmier, humblers, humerals, humoured, inhumers, mouthers, mouthier, munchers, murphies, murrhine, murthers, outhomer, overmuch, prehuman, rheniums, rheumier, rhumbaed, thrummed, thrummer, thumpers, unharmed, unrhymed, vermouth, vermuths. | |
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