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Emodin :: Emodin (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei)..

Rheic :: Rheic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum)..

Rheum :: Rheum (n.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.

Rheumatismoid :: Rheumatismoid (a.) Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism.

Podalgia :: Podalgia (n.) pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc..

Lumbago :: Lumbago (n.) A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.

Enrheum :: Enrheum (v. i.) To contract a rheum.

Rheumatism :: Rheumatism (n.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart..

Rheum :: Rheum (n.) A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose..

Salt Rheum :: Salt rheum () A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema..

Blear-eyed :: Blear-eyed (a.) Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.

Blear :: Blear (v.) Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.

Arthrodynic :: Arthrodynic (a.) Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic..

Veratrine :: Veratrine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina..

Eczema :: Eczema (n.) 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..

Salicylic :: Salicylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid..

Bleared :: Bleared (a.) Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum..

Node :: Node (n.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint..

Pleurodynia :: Pleurodynia (n.) A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism..

Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant..

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