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Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine..

Gonorrhoeal :: Gonorrhoeal (a.) Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism..

Rheumy :: Rheumy (a.) Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum..

Uroerythrin :: Uroerythrin (n.) A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates..

Pieplant :: Pieplant (n.) A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb..

Dengue :: Dengue (n.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal..

Founder :: Founder (n.) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder..

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)..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

Rheumatismal :: Rheumatismal (a.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism.

Rheumatic :: Rheumatic (a.) Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic..

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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