gumma

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Noun
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gum=ma

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun gumma has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

gumman. [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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