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rheum-, rheuma-, rheumato-, rheumat-
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rheum, room, room
rheum (ROOM) (noun)
A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose: When George has a cold, he keeps a handkerchief handy to wipe the rheum from his long proboscis!
room (ROOM) (verb)
To lodge in a space; such as, an apartment or house: Jacob will room with his brother in college.
room (ROOM) (noun)
1. The amount of space needed for an object or an activity: The many plants Victor's aunt grew needed a sunny room to grow in.
The children played in the room next to the kitchen.
2. The possibility of something happening or existing: There is considerable room for improvement as Alice revises the content of her writing project.The room was cold and drafty resulting in Mable coming down with an illness that caused a lot of rheum in her nose and eyes.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group R; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“rheum”
(Latin: phlegm, rheum)
(Greek: flux, that which flows; a stream; discharge)