gumma
Americannoun
plural
gummas, gummatanoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of gumma
From New Latin, dating back to 1715–25; see origin at gum 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
When there is a central gumma, the shadow is interrupted by a rounded clear area, like that of a chondroma or myeloma, but there is sclerosis round about.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Diagnosis.—Before the stage of cold abscess is reached, the localised swelling is to be differentiated from a gumma, from chronic forms of staphylococcal osteomyelitis, from enlarged bursa or ganglion, from sub-periosteal lipoma, and from sarcoma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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
In some cases the gumma softens in the centre, the skin becomes adherent, thin, and red, and finally gives way.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Anti-syphilitic treatment should be employed in the first instance to exclude the possibility of the lesion being of the nature of a gumma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
