gumma
noun
a rubbery, tumorlike lesion associated with tertiary syphilis.
gummatous
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a word derived from
gumma.
Example Sentences
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It has a peculiar effect on gummatous tissue, causing it to melt away, so to speak, and greatly hastening the healing process.
From The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People by John H. (John Hinchman) Stokes
The ulcers have seldom the typically rounded or serpiginous outline of gummatous ulcers on other parts of the body.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In the later stages of acquired syphilis, gummatous periostitis and osteomyelitis occur, and are characterised by the formation in the periosteum and marrow of circumscribed gummata or of a diffuse gummatous infiltration.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Treatment.—It is to be borne in mind that gummatous growths in the brain are seldom influenced to any extent by anti-syphilitic remedies, and time should not be wasted in trying this form of treatment.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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 John H. (John Hinchman) Stokes
