Definition of gumma in English:
gumma
nounPlural gummata, Plural gummas ˈɡʌməˈɡəmə
Medicine A small soft swelling which is characteristic of the late stages of syphilis and occurs in the connective tissue of the liver, brain, testes, and heart.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many patients advance to tertiary syphilis with cardiac, neurologic, and cutaneous gummas, which are painless nodules, asymmetrically distributed in groups on the face and trunk.
- If you have late syphilis, you may develop gummas (say: gum-mahs).
Derivatives
adjective
Medicine Tertiary or late syphilis is classified into gummatous syphilis, cardiovascular syphilis, and neurosyphilis.
Example sentencesExamples
- Even without a confirmatory rapid plasma reagin test or darkfield examination of the gummatous discharge, the diagnosis of secondary syphilis was obvious.
Origin
Early 18th century: modern Latin, from Latin gummi (see gum1).