gumma
noun
a rubbery, tumorlike lesion associated with tertiary syphilis.
gummata
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pluralof gumma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I suspected the development of gummata on the meninges of the brain and cord, and advised him to use the inunction cure, and to remain at home until he should be well.
From The Electric Bath by George M. Schweig
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 Alexis Thomson
Soft or firm elevations, usually large and prominent, and having their seat in the corium and subcutaneous tissue; as, for example, sebaceous tumors, gummata, and the lesions of fibroma.
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 Henry Weightman Stelwagon
In tertiary lesions there is greater difficulty in demonstrating the spirochæte, but small numbers have been found in the peripheral parts of gummata and in the thickened patches in syphilitic disease of the aorta.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Peri-synovial and peri-bursal gummata are met with in relation to the knee-joint of middle-aged adults, especially women.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
