gumma
Americannoun
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gummas,
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gummata
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noun
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Origin of gumma
From New Latin, dating back to 1715–25; see origin at gum 1
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A superficial gumma appears as a small hard nodule under the mucous membrane, varying in size from a pin's head to a pea.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
A central gumma in a long bone may not reveal its presence until it erupts through the shell and reaches the periosteal surface or invades an adjacent joint.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The inflammatory lesions at the ends of the long bones—tubercle, syphilitic gumma, and Brodie's abscess, that resemble myeloma, are all attended with the formation of new bone in greater or lesser amount.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The shoddy tissue is called "gummatous infiltration," and the tumor, if one is formed, is called a "gumma."
From The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People by Stokes, John H. (John Hinchman)
Intra-cranial Syphilis.—Syphilitic meningitis is usually secondary to cario-necrosis of the bones of the vault or to a localised gumma of the brain.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Syphilitic ulcers and fissures are nearly always due to the softening and breaking down of gummas.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The tertiary manifestations in the tongue are sclerosing glossitis, gummas, and gummatous ulcers.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
In spite of this fact, it is comparatively seldom torn in basal fractures; but it is prone to be pressed upon by tumours, gummas, or aneurysms in the region of the base of the brain.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Are sebaceous cysts likely to be confounded with gummata?
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
One or more of the gummata may break down and give rise to tertiary ulcers.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
In tertiary syphilis, individual muscles may become the seat of interstitial myositis or of gummata, and these affections readily yield to anti-syphilitic remedies.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Of interest here is the fact that besides gummata, ulcers, and other lesions of the bundle, definite arteriosclerotic changes have been found.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
It has been met with in the placenta, diphtheritic membranes, blood-vessels, tubercles, and gummata.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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