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gumma
CIDE DICTIONARY
gumma, n. [NL. So called from its gummy contents See Gum.].
A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gumma, n. (pl. gummas or gummata) Med. a small soft swelling occurring in the connective tissue of the liver, brain, testes, and heart, and characteristic of the late stages of syphilis.
Derivative
gummatous adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. L gummi GUM(1)
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