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Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum.
  2. adj. moist, damp, wet (especially of air)
  3. adj. of or pertaining to arthritis
  4. Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum. His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden. And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. Shak.
  5. Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum;affected with rheum.His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden.And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. Shak.
  6. j:100 s. moist, damp, wet (especially of air)