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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

rheum watery matter secreted by mucous glands or membranes; mucous discharge, catarrh XIV; (poet.) tears XVI. ME. reume — OF. reume (mod. rhume) — late L. rheuma — Gr. rheûma flow, stream, bodily humour.
So rheumatic consisting of watery discharge XIV; suffering from, characterized by this XVI. — OF. reumatique (mod. rhu-) — L. — Gr. rheumatism; rheumatic disease XVII. — F. or L. — Gr. rheumatoid XIX.

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