gumma
gumma · gummas · gummata
A soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage…A soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.
Meaning
1 sensesA soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.
a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis
Origin
Borrowed from New Latin gumma, extended in meaning from Late Latin gumma (“gum, resin”), aBorrowed from New Latin gumma, extended in meaning from Late Latin gumma (“gum, resin”), a late form of cummis, cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), of Egyptian origin. Doublet of gum (Etymology 2).
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