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    Eczema , n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἔκζεμα; ἑκ out + ζεῖν 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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    Rheum , n. [OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. , fr. ῥεῖν 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.
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    Salt rheum. (Med.) See Salt rheum, in the Vocabulary.
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    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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