red-gum
red-gum · red-gums
A rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish…A rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.
Meaning
2 sensesA rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.
Rust on grain
Origin
Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, reAlteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound (“pus, matter”).
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