salt rheum

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salt rheum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Salt rheum \Salt" rheum\ (Med.)
     A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various
     cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See
     Eczema.
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  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.
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           I have a rheum in mine eyes too.         --Shak.
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     Salt rheum. (Med.) See Salt rheum, in the Vocabulary.
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  Eczema \Ec"ze*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to
     boil.] (Med.)
     An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
     presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small
     vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which
     often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; --
     called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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