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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..

Chest Founder :: Chest founder () A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration..

Rheumic :: Rheumic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum..

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..

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

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

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

Rheumatic :: Rheumatic (a.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day..

Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.

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

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)..

Rheumatic :: Rheumatic (n.) One affected with rheumatism.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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