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Eye boogers are primarily a combination of mucus, tears, and skin cells known as rheum and are scientifically termed rheumatic.
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Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
Amir began wheezing at night — once so badly that an ambulance was called — and woke up most mornings to find his eyes swollen shut with rheum.
—Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 9 July 2018
This washes excess tear fluid that would form into rheum away into your eye’s tear drainage system, Dr. Kathuria explains.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Jan. 2018
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Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
Amir began wheezing at night — once so badly that an ambulance was called — and woke up most mornings to find his eyes swollen shut with rheum.
—Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 9 July 2018
This washes excess tear fluid that would form into rheum away into your eye’s tear drainage system, Dr. Kathuria explains.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Jan. 2018
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“Rheum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rheum. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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Rheum
2 of 2 noun
Rhe·um
ˈrē-əm 
: a genus of Asian herbs (family Polygonaceae) that have large leaves, small flowers, and a 3-winged fruit and that include the rhubarbs (as the Chinese rhubarb, R. officinale, and rhapontic, R. rhaponticum)
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