"rheum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹuːm/, /ɹɪu̯m/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rheum.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rheums [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English reume, rewme, from Anglo-Norman reume, from Late Latin rheuma, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, humour”). Doublet of stream. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*srew-}}, {{inh|en|enm|reume}} Middle English reume, {{m|enm|rewme}} rewme, {{der|en|xno|reume}} Anglo-Norman reume, {{der|en|LL.|rheuma}} Late Latin rheuma, {{der|en|grc|ῥεῦμα|t=stream, humour}} Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, humour”), {{doublet|en|stream}} Doublet of stream Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rheum (countable and uncountable, plural rheums)
  1. (uncountable) Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Hyponyms (dried rheum around eyes): crusty [slang], gound [UK, dialectal], sleep, sleepy dust [informal] Translations (eye discharge — see also sleep): λήμη (lḗmē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), غَمَص (ḡamaṣ) [masculine] (Arabic), رَمَص (ramaṣ) (english: solid) [masculine] (Arabic), عماص (ʕumaaṣ, ʕemaaṣ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ճպուռ (čpuṙ) (Armenian), ڕیپۆق (rîpoq) (Central Kurdish), ospalek [masculine] (Czech), rähmä (Finnish), τσίμπλα (tsímpla) [feminine] (Greek), csipa (Hungarian), räämy (Ingrian), sitta (Ingrian), cispa [feminine] (Italian), grāmiae [feminine, plural] (Latin), гурелка (gurelka) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), 𑂍𑂰𑂀𑂒𑂲 (kā̃cī) (Magahi), pīkari (Maori), ਗਿੱਡ (giḍḍa) [feminine] (Punjabi), càcar [masculine] (Romagnol), càcula [feminine] (Romagnol), lagaña [feminine] (Spanish), பீளை (pīḷai) (Tamil), môl (Welsh) Translations (nose discharge): শেঙুন (xeṅun) (Assamese), секреция (sekrecija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), (chī) (Chinese Mandarin), räkä (note: from nose) (Finnish), kuola (note: from mouth) (Finnish), chassie [feminine] (French), morve [feminine] (French), reuma [feminine] (Galician), takony (Hungarian), selesma (Indonesian), réama [masculine] (Irish), 目脂 (meyani) (alt: めやに) (Japanese), 점막 분비물 (jeommak bunbimul) (Korean), слуз (sluz) [masculine] (Macedonian), selesma (Malay), katar [masculine] (Polish), remela [feminine] (Portuguese), urdoare (Romanian), носова́я слизь (nosovája slizʹ) [feminine] (Russian), слизь (slizʹ) [feminine] (Russian), legaña [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rheum-en-noun-Gf2yJc4n Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 41 24 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of 'dried rheum around eyes': 64 7 29 Disambiguation of 'eye discharge — see also sleep': 48 28 24 Disambiguation of 'nose discharge': 100 0 0
  2. Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a catarrh, a cold; rheumatism. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids, Diseases Translations (illness): хрема (hrema) [feminine] (Bulgarian), flunssa (english: cold) (Finnish), katarri (catarrh) (Finnish), reumatismi (english: rheumatism) (Finnish), nátha (Hungarian), hurut (Hungarian), csúz (Hungarian), reuma (Hungarian), pilek (Indonesian), хре́ма (hréma) [feminine] (Macedonian), pilek (Malay)
    Sense id: en-rheum-en-noun-8K5ZQbRb Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Diseases: 32 56 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of 'illness': 14 83 3
  3. (poetic) Tears. Tags: countable, poetic, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids
    Sense id: en-rheum-en-noun-RSwv44-U Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 41 24 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 18 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rheumatic, rheumatism, rheumic, rheumy, salt rheum

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nosovája slizʹ",
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          "word": "слизь"
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          "roman": "ḡamaṣ",
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          "roman": "ʕumaaṣ, ʕemaaṣ",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "čpuṙ",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "word": "ճպուռ"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "word": "rähmä"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tsímpla",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "τσίμπλα"
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          "roman": "lḗmē",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "word": "csipa"
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "word": "räämy"
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        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 24",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "word": "sitta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 24",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cispa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 24",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "rîpoq",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "word": "ڕیپۆق"
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        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "grāmiae"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "gurelka",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
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        {
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          "code": "mag",
          "lang": "Magahi",
          "roman": "kā̃cī",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "word": "𑂍𑂰𑂀𑂒𑂲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 28 24",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "word": "pīkari"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "giḍḍa",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ਗਿੱਡ"
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          "code": "rgn",
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          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "càcar"
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          "code": "rgn",
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
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          "word": "càcula"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lagaña"
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "pīḷai",
          "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
          "word": "பீளை"
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          "lang": "Welsh",
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          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hrema",
          "sense": "illness",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "хрема"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "illness",
          "word": "flunssa"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "illness",
          "word": "katarri (catarrh)"
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          "english": "rheumatism",
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          "sense": "illness",
          "word": "reumatismi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "illness",
          "word": "nátha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "illness",
          "word": "hurut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "illness",
          "word": "csúz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 83 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "শেঙুন"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nose discharge",
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      "word": "morve"
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      "sense": "nose discharge",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "word": "takony"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "word": "selesma"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "nose discharge",
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      "alt": "めやに",
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      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "word": "目脂"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeommak bunbimul",
      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "word": "점막 분비물"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "nose discharge",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "word": "selesma"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "remela"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "nose discharge",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nosovája slizʹ",
      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "носова́я слизь"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slizʹ",
      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "слизь"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nose discharge",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "legaña"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čpuṙ",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "word": "ճպուռ"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ospalek"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "word": "rähmä"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tsímpla",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "lḗmē",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "word": "sitta"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cispa"
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "rîpoq",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "word": "ڕیپۆق"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gurelka",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "lang": "Magahi",
      "roman": "kā̃cī",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "word": "𑂍𑂰𑂀𑂒𑂲"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "word": "pīkari"
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    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "giḍḍa",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ਗਿੱਡ"
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      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "càcar"
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    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "càcula"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lagaña"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "pīḷai",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "word": "பீளை"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "eye discharge — see also sleep",
      "word": "môl"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hrema",
      "sense": "illness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хрема"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "cold",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "illness",
      "word": "flunssa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "illness",
      "word": "katarri (catarrh)"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "rheumatism",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "illness",
      "word": "reumatismi"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "illness",
      "word": "nátha"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "illness",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "illness",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "illness",
      "word": "pilek"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "hréma",
      "sense": "illness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "хре́ма"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "illness",
      "word": "pilek"
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}

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