Of the nature of rheum; consisting of or containing rheum (see rheum, n.1 1a); = rheumy, adj. 1. Obsolete.

Of the nature of or consisting of phlegm; containing or characterized by phlegm; affected by phlegm; resembling (that of) phlegm.

Of the nature of or abounding in the principle of matter called phlegm (or phlegma) (phlegm, n. 2); watery and insipid. Obsolete.

Medicine and Biology. Of the nature of, resembling, or consisting of mucus; covered with or producing mucus; resulting from the presence of mucus…

Of, relating to, or of the nature of mucus or phlegm; (of a disease, etc.) characterized or caused by excess of mucus or phlegm (now historical); =…

Of the nature of or consisting of rheum. Cf. rheumatic, adj. 1a.

= phlegmatic, adj.

= pituitous, adj. 1.

= pituitous, adj.

Of the nature of or resembling mucus; containing, consisting of, or characterized by the presence of mucus; mucous. Also: of or relating to mucus…

= mucoid, adj. 1.

= mucoid, adj.